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OverviewWhat makes a good city? This question has long preoccupied groups interested and involved in the making and remaking of city spaces. In The Moral Economy of Cities, Evelyn S. Ruppert contends that the vision of the 'good city' embraced by professionals in the business of city making recognizes the interests of a dominant public, namely middle class consumers, office workers, tourists, and families. This vision stigmatizes certain members of the public like street youth, panhandlers, discount- and low-income shoppers, and the language used to extol the virtues of the good city inherently moralizes social conduct in the city. Using the redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto in the mid-1990s as a case study, Ruppert examines the language of planners, urban designers, architects, and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye and buttresses the very projects they produce. Ruppert's conclusion that economic practices are not free from moral investment encourages the considerable task of re-examining the implications of city planning and development worldwide. The Moral Economy of Cities is mandatory reading for urban studies scholars and practitioners, and their critics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Evelyn RuppertPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780802038869ISBN 10: 0802038867 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 08 March 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Maps Acknowledgments * The Good City * Making Yonge-Dundas Good * TheSecureCity * The Consumer City * The Aesthetic City * The Governable City * Making the Good City * Yonge-Dundas Made Good? Appendix A: List of Exhibits Appendix B Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits IndexReviewsAuthor InformationEvelyn S. Ruppert is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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