Modern cities specialize public space and mask citizens’ heterogeneity

Evidence

Two of the modern city’s many characteristics are of central interest: its tendency toward specialized public-space use and the tendency of its populace to mask their heterogeneity. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 355

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Demonstration location shifts with state control over public space — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1187