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Intro: Book review of Chevalier, D.A.M. (2015). Playing it by the Rules – Local Bans on the Public use of Soft Drugs and the Production of Shared Spaces of Everyday Life. Playing It by the Rules teaches us that behind these seemingly simple and clear-cut measurements is hidden a fascinating world of the public ‘production’ of space and the multilayered social responses to local by-laws. Chevalier’s aim in this impressive study is to understand the emergence and effects of these local bans on soft drugs and to unravel the social structures underlying these processes. On a more theoretical level, she endeavors to understand what happens in the behavior and minds of people when municipalities attempt to regulate public space.
Keywords: book review, public space, urban ethnography Citeren: Krijger, F.M. de (2018) Regulating Public Space. When a children's playground turns into a hangout to smoke joints. Public Note, 3(1), 1-4. 
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