The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2023
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80392-304-8 (ISBN)

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Providing a succinct overview of historical, present and future perspectives of cities and urbanism, this discerning book examines how the 21st century, regarded as the age of cities, is associated with the current crisis of democracy.

The book explores the tension between non-democratic liberalism and non-liberal democracy and the present era of cities as complex systems, in which the characteristics and dynamics of urbanism are transforming our way of life. Against the backdrop of globalization, the Anthropocene, and Industry 4.0, each chapter analyses the challenges and crises facing modern democracies from the unique perspective of cities and complexity theory. Expert contributors analyse the interplay between complexity theory, urban planning, governance and the internet, ultimately highlighting the need to rediscover the relationship between urban beauty and democracy.

Offering key insights into the complexities of urban development and the challenges that arise when democracy intersects with the needs of modern cities, this innovative book will appeal to students and scholars of urban geography, political science, public administration, and architecture. It will be an invaluable resource for those researching cities and complexity.

Edited by Juval Portugali, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography and the Human Environment and Head of the City Center-Tel Aviv University Research Center for Cities and Urbanism, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Contents:

Introductionx

PART IPRESENT, PAST AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
1The crisis of democracy in the age of cities and complexity2
Juval Portugali
2The ancient Greek lottery and modern democracies24
Irad Malkin
3The end of empire and the age of cities31
Michael Batty

PART IICOMPLEXITY THEORY, CITIES AND DEMOCRACY
4Learning from small urban nations – the importance of
randomness and feedback for democratic stability51
Karoline Wiesner
5Perfection, does it lean toward balance or perversion? How
democracy and the urban grid inform about the human condition68
Gert De Roo
6A synergetic cities view on the crisis of democracy in the age
of cities108
Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken
7Democracy demands wisdom136
J.A. Scott Kelso

PART IIITHE INTERNET, SMART CITIES AND DEMOCRACY
8Why the internet must become more like a city148
Luís M. A. Bettencourt
9 Privacy and trust in artificially intelligent cities167
Charlie Catlett, Juval Portugali and Venkat Venkatakrishnan

PARTIVURBAN GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING
10Cities under pressure – urban democracy and everyday life185
Sabine Knierbein
11Governing cities democratically through partnerships204
Ashwin Mahalingam and Juval Portugali
12A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty, democracy and complexity 220
Stefano Cozzolino
13Democracy beyond the state in the age of cities: explaining crisis dynamics in national democracy246
Hans Agné

Index 267

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Cities series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-80392-304-0 / 1803923040
ISBN-13	978-1-80392-304-8 / 9781803923048
Zustand	Neuware