The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities

Edited by Juval Portugali

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
ISBN: 9781803923048
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 The crisis of democracy in the age of cities and complexity , pp 2-23

Juval Portugali

Ch 2 The ancient Greek lottery and modern democracies , pp 24-30

Irad Malkin

Ch 3 The end of empire and the age of cities , pp 31-49

Michael Batty

Ch 4 Learning from small urban nations: the importance of randomness and feedback for democratic stability , pp 51-67

Karoline Wiesner

Ch 5 Perfection: does it lean toward balance or perversion? How democracy and the urban grid inform about the human condition , pp 68-107

Gert De Roo

Ch 6 A synergetic cities view on the crisis of democracy in the age of cities , pp 108-135

Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken

Ch 7 Democracy demands wisdom , pp 136-146

J. A. Scott Kelso

Ch 8 Why the internet must become more like a city , pp 148-166

Luís M. A. Bettencourt

Ch 9 Privacy and trust in artificially intelligent cities , pp 167-183

Charlie Catlett, Juval Portugali and Venkat Venkatakrishnan

Ch 10 Cities under pressure: urban democracy and everyday life , pp 185-203

Sabine Knierbein

Ch 11 Governing cities democratically through partnerships , pp 204-219

Ashwin Mahalingam and Juval Portugali

Ch 12 A crisis of lost values: rediscovering the relationship between urban beauty, democracy and complexity , pp 220-245

Stefano Cozzolino

Ch 13 Democracy beyond the state in the age of cities: explaining crisis dynamics in national democracy , pp 246-266

Hans Agné

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