Evicting the undesirables. The idealism of public space and the materialism of the bourgeois State
In political as well as in scientific debates, the concept of “public space” is invoked by both supporters and critics of the eviction of undesirables (beggars, drug addicts, prostitutes) from urban spaces. Both sides use the concept as a codeword standing for opposing interests, both directed at th...
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| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2003-03-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/15294 |