Safeguarding Private Value in Public Spaces: The Neoliberalization of Public Service Work in New York City's Parks

The article looks at economic and sociological aspects of urban public parks, as of 2011, focusing on New York City. The authors present an analysis in which they link ideological shifts in the conceptualization of the value of parks with neoliberal changes in the financing and employment practices...

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Main Author: Krinsky, John (Author)
Contributors: Simonet, Maud
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In: Social justice
Year: 2011, Volume: 38, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 28-47
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Collective bargaining by government employees
Community service (Punishment)
Local officials & employees
Neoliberalism
Park maintenance
Privatization
Real property sales & prices
Urban parks