دانلود کتاب Regulating the Night: Race, Culture and Exclusion in the Making of the Night-time Economy (Re-Materialising Cultural Geography)

Although fears about disorder, violence and binge-drinking have been well-publicized, less attention has been paid to the social and cultural benefits of a diverse urban nightlife. This timely work examines the processes that have led to a mainstreaming of subcultural expression at night, and the impact of legislation aimed at providing new powers to manage and contain the 'social problem' of contemporary nightlife. Content: Nightlife and outsider areas in an era of spatial and subcultural closure : recasting the politics of popular culture -- Negotiating research into the regulation of 'outsider areas' -- The growth, criminalisation and decline of unregulated night spaces in Southview -- Urban regeneration, conflict and change -- From nightlife to the 'night-time economy' -- Licensing and the loss of political and moral authority -- Licensing, policing and the informal mechanics of exclusion. Abstract: Although fears about disorder, violence and binge-drinking have been well-publicized, less attention has been paid to the social and cultural benefits of a diverse urban nightlife. This timely work examines the processes that have led to a mainstreaming of subcultural expression at night. Read more...