Cities and Sovereignty Identity Politics in Urban Spaces [Paperback]

Cities have long been associated with diversity and tolerance, but from Jerusalem to Belfast to the Basque Country, many of the most intractable conflicts of the past century have played out in urban spaces. The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume examine the interrelationships of ethnic, racial, religious, or other identity conflicts and larger battles over sovereignty and governance. Under what conditions do identity conflicts undermine the legitimacy and power of nation-states, empires, or urban authorities? Does the urban built environment play a role in remedying or exacerbating such conflicts? Employing comparative analysis, these case studies from the Middle East, Europe, and South and Southeast Asia advance our understanding of the origins and nature of urban conflict.

Preface and Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates
Introduction: Cities and Sovereignty: Identity Conflicts in the Urban Realm / Diane E. Davis and Nora Libertun de Duren
Part 1. Modes of Sovereignty, Urban Governance, and the City
1. Jerusalem at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Spatial Continuity and Social Fragmentation / Nora Libertun de Duren
2. Imperial Nationhood and Its Impact on Colonial Cities: Issues of Intergroup Peace and Conflict in Pondicherry and Vietnam / Anne Raffin
3. Confessionalism and Public Space in Ottoman and Colonial Jerusalem / Salim Tamari
Part 2. Scales of Sovereignty and the Remaking of Urban and National Space
4. Sovereignty, Nationalism, and Globalization in Bilbao and the Basque Country / Gerardo del Cerro Santamar?a
5. Contesting the Legitimacy of Urban Restructuring and Highways in Beirut's Irregular Settlements / Agn?s Deboulet and Mona Fawaz
6. Urban Locational Policies and the Geographies of Post-Keynesian Statehood in Western Europe / Neil Brenner
Part 3. Sovereignty, Representation, and the Urban Built Environment
7. Iconic Architecture and Urban, National, and Global Identities / Leslie Sklair
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