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    Book Review: Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless by Robert Rosenberger

Book Review: Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless by Robert Rosenberger

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In Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless, Robert Rosenberger explores the growth of ‘hostile architecture’ and reflects on what it suggests about society’s attitudes towards the homelesss as well as our relationship with contemporary design. This short, vivid and novel book serves as a timely reminder that our public spaces are not experienced equally, writes Jon Dean. 

Callous Objects: Designs Against the Homeless. […]

September 23rd, 2018|Book Reviews, Jon Dean, Urban, rural and regional policies|0 Comments|
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    Book Review: Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America by Laura Grattan

Book Review: Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots Democracy in America by Laura Grattan

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‘Populism’ has often been used as a pejorative term for a ‘paranoid’, anti-democratic style of politics. But is this the only way of understanding its history? In Populism’s Power: Radical Grassroots in America, Laura Grattan argues that this neglects a different kind of populism in the USA: democratic, egalitarian, radical, rebellious and unifying. This book offers a lively and engaging […]

June 12th, 2016|Book Reviews, Democracy and culture, Jon Dean|0 Comments|
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