Never before have so many people lived in an urban environment. The contemporary city is the arena in which diverse forms of power and the far-reaching impact of globalization interact. But while we collectively repeat these mantras and witness the worldwide explosion of cities, the concept of the city has become increasingly undefined and unexamined. This confronts us with issues that are becoming more and more urgent: What is the city? Who and what 'produces' it? Which forces steer its development? And what is the potential role of the architect? Visionary Power - Producing the Contemporary City serves as a source of new expertise on the future of the city in the twenty-first century. The book draws together research on the foundations of the contemporary city, discusses forces that have a bearing on its development, formulates the task for architects and urban designers, and presents strategies with which they can operate in the midst of this interplay of forces. Containing clear-cut viewpoints from internationally renowned researchers, polemical analyses and innovative strategies and projects, this publication will serve as a handbook to those who find themselves confronted with the urgent need for probing reflection on the city of today and of the future.

This collection of biographies of five women leaders from the developing world describes some of the social and economic changes of that world - changes that often make the lives of poor women even poorer and more precarious. Each story gives a face and a voice to issues that confront many poor, rural women around the world.

Beginning with personal accounts of the author's own experiences on a farm commune in the 1970s, Joan Jensen draws on oral history, iconography, and material culture to expand our knowledge of previously invisible women.

The Main Thesis Of This Book Is That Industrial Catastrophes And Ecological Destruction Constitute A Direct Threat To Everyday Life, The Maintenance Of Which In Modern Industrialised Societies Or In The Developing World.

Niet alleen het nieuws verandert steeds, ook de manier waarop het vorm krijgt in de krant. In 1970, na de fusie tussen NRC en het Handelsblad, was de krant zwart-wit met loodgezette letters. Inmiddels ligt er een full-colour, digitaal geproduceerd medium, dat ook op internet, e-reader en iPad te lezen is. Sinds 2006 is er bovendien nrc.next met een eigen formaat, beeldtaal en lay-out. Scherpe Letters schetst de veranderende vorm van de krant en diverse bijlagen, de ontwikkeling van techniek en nieuwe manieren waarop lezers informatie tot zich willen nemen. Met veel illustraties en een korte historie van de bekendste NRC-strips: Ollie B. Bommel, Kamagurka en Fokke en Sukke. In oktober-december zal over dit onderwerp een tentoonstelling te zien zijn in museum De Lakenhal in Leiden. Het jubileum krijgt ruim aandacht in NRC Handelsblad.

Does equality imply the same treatment of men and women? Or is different treatment needed to ensure equal levels of autonomy for both sexes? By discussing equality in specific contexts such as welfare, pregnancy, child custody, protective legislation and employment, the contributors to this volume provide powerful insights into both the analytic concept of equality and strategies for devising, implementing and evaluating public policy. The book presents a convincing case for moving beyond the dichotomy of equality//difference by adopting a contextual approach.

Essays discuss housewives, shoemakers, labor movements, slavery, farmers, strikes, domestic workers, and changes in women's work over the past two centuries.