Rights to public space: Regulatory reconfigurations of liberty

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Public space can be defined as that object which is constituted not by ownership but by a regime made up of regulatory practices that are reconfiguring liberty through a change in the conception of the public, of who and what belong as part of the public. A study argues that in order to expand the political and social uses of public space it is necessary to turn away from resources, spaces, and goods toward how the regulatory regime configures liberty and in turn the possibilities that public space can be taken and made.

Usage, Political aspects, Liberty of conscience, Freedom of conscience, Public spaces

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Politics, public space, and memorials: The brawl on the mall

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The new proposals for memorials and monuments on the National Mall in Washington, DC are examined and the broader issues embodied in the competing purposes of this highly visible public space are analyzed in relation to the controversy over World War II memorial. It is occluded that the location of the memorial was not accidental but intentional thereby revealing a purposeful re-writing of the mall's symbolic space to suit a specific vision of the war and its meaning in American history.

Organizational history, Washington, DC, Other General Government Support, Memorials (Honors), Design and construction, Location, Memorials, National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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From mail order to e-commerce: Competition, regulation, and politics of nonstore retailing in Germany

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The evolution of nonstore retailing in Germany based on the societally specific relationship between technology adoption and patterns of consumption is analyzed. The foundation of German e-commerce is examined with a history of mail order retailing, and how its distinct regulatory environment and continuity in consumer practices affected the way in which e-commerce developed in Germany.

Germany, Retail Trade, Mail Order Houses, Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses, Catalog and mail-order houses, Retail industry, History, Mail-order industry, Mail order business, Electronic commerce, E-commerce

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