Urban peace-building in divided societies : Belfast and Johannesburg / Scott A. Bollens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bollens, Scott A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Urban policy.

Urban policy--South Africa--Johannesburg.

Conflict management--Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Conflict management.

Conflict management--South Africa--Johannesburg.

South Africa--Johannesburg.

Northern Ireland--Belfast.

Physical Description:

xvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Urban peace building in divided societies

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.

Contents:

Part 1 Urban Arenas of Nationalistic Conflict

1 Contested Cities 3

Cities and Intrastate Conflict 7

Managing City Conflict 9

2 Prospects and Limits of Urban Peace-Building 19

Operationalizing Peace 21

Building or Impeding Urban Peace 31

3 Belfast and Johannesburg 39

Research Methods 41

Part 2 Belfast: At the Sharp Edge

4 The Sectarian City 55

Shifting Demographics 57

Political "Direct Rule," 61

Urban Policymakers 65

Territoriality and Community 69

5 British Urban Policy Since 1972 91

Pursuing Stability Through Neutrality 91

Neutral Means, Unequal Outcomes 109

6 Belfast and Peace 122

Seeking Peace in Belfast 123

Belfast: Contributor or Burden to Peace? 144

Part 3 Johannesburg: A Delicate Balancing of Time

7 Urban Policy in Transition 155

Planned Geographies 156

Political Control 168

Transformative Urban Policy 172

Temporality and Urban Policy Choices 185

8 Rebuilding Government Legitimacy 207

The Dual Faces of Post-Apartheid Planning 207

Organizing for Peace-Building 221

9 Johannesburg and Peace 240

Key Interventions in Peace-Building 240

Race, Class, and Sustainability 254

10 Urban Peace-Building 267

Policy, Polarization, and Peace 268

Stabilizing and Reconstructing Contested Cities 281

The Challenge of Urban Peace 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-330) and index.

ISBN:

0813335418

OCLC:

39458875