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The terrifying breakdown of social cohesion in the American city, in spite of intense institutionalized police surveillance equipped with every sophisticated aid to public control, illustrates that social behaviour depends upon mutual responsibility rather than upon the policeman.
Biography
Colin Ward (1924-) was an editor of the British anarchist newspaper Freedom from 1947 to 1960, and the founder and editor of the monthly libertarian journal Anarchy from 1961 to 1970. Ward became an anarchist while serving in the British army during World War II.
From 1952 to 1961 he worked as an architect, and from 1971 as the Education Officer for the Town & Country Planning Association. He published widely on education, architecture and town planning. His most influential book was The Child In The City (1978), about children's street culture.
Key books by Colin Ward
* Goodnight Campers! The History of the British Holiday Camp (1986) * The Child in the Country (1988) * The Allotment: Its Landscape and Culture (1988) * The Child In The City (1978) * Anarchy in Action (1973)
