Steve Smith
Missouri Southern State University

 Drawing on their previously published successful collaborations, Staeheli and Mitchell’s The People’s Property re-introduces scholars to a wealth of insights into the meaning, politics, and possibilities for democratic transformation which lay implicit in public spaces. As such, they support a research program in human geography that engages pressing issues in political and sociological theory and that promotes greater disciplinary crosstalk among a wide range of scholars. Many of the chapters are revisions of existing peer-reviewed, academic work. Hence the book may be most useful to those familiar with Staeheli and Mitchell’s work but would like the convenience of a collection of essays in one book rather than different outlets.