Introduction Svetlana Hristova and Mariusz Czepczyoski Part I. Concepts and Discourses: The Resilient Public Space 01. Re-Imagining Civil Society: Conflict and Control in the City's Public Spaces Sharon Zukin 02. Public Space in a Global World: After the Spectacle Svetlana Hristova 03. Seeing the Local in Global Cities Jerome Krase Part II. Contestations and Rights: Public and Civic 04. Civic Landscapes of Post-Socialist Cities: Urban Movements and the Recover of Public Spaces Mariusz Czepczyoski 05. Public Space, Memory and Protest during Post-Socialist Transformation: The Emergence of University Square (Piata Universitatii), Bucharest as a space of protest Craig Young, Duncan Light and Daniela Dumbraveanu 06.

Social Characteristic of Squares as Urban Spaces, Ulus and Kizilay Squares in Ankara Nuray Bayraktar 07. Order and Heterotopia in an Urban Space: The Case of a Spanish Square Francisco Adolfo García Jerez 08. Contested Public Spaces and the Right to the City: The Case of Cairo's Historic Bazaar Wael Salah Fahmi Part III. Management and Governance: Transformation and Control 09. The Meaning of Public Space in the Context of Space-Time Behaviour in the 'Network City': From Socialist to Sociable Public Space Anastasia Moiseeva, Remon Rooij and Harry Timmermans 10. The Restructuring of Urban Public Space in the 'Baltic Pearl' Megan Dixon 11. Public Green Space in Vienna between Utopia and Political Strategy Philipp Rode and Eva Schwab 12. The normative construction of a (public) urban space through the use of policy instruments: some reflections from northern Italy Michela Semprebon 13.

Negotiating Public Space in a Shopping Mall Pavel Pospech Conclusions: Rediscovering Public Space Globally Svetlana Hristova and Mariusz Czepczyoski Note on Contributors Index.