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Cities and society / edited by Nancy Kleniewski.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell readers in sociology ; 13.Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005Description: x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405102314
  • 9781405102315
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 22
LOC classification:
  • HT108 .C523 2005
Contents:
Introduction : contemporary issues in urban sociology -- Pt. I. Recent theoretical perspectives on cities and society -- 1. The city as a growth machine : toward a political economy of place / Harvey Molotch -- 2. Urban restructuring : a critical view / John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom -- 3. Space and status / Daphne Spain -- 4. Los Angeles and the Chicago school : invitation to a debate / Michael Dear -- 5. Modernity, post-modernity and urban culture / Mike Savage and Alan Warde -- Pt. II. Globalization and its impact on cities -- 6. Overview of global cities / Saskia Sassen -- 7. The urban-rural interface and migration / Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler -- 8. Community, ethnicity, and urban sociology / Jan Lin -- 9. The new urban reality / Roger Waldinger -- 10. The return of the sweatshop / Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum -- Pt. III. The changing urban economy -- 11. Understanding homelessness : from global to local / Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear -- 12. Economic restructuring and redevelopment / Susan S. Fainstein -- 13. Gentrification, cuisine, and the critical infrastructure : power and centrality downtown / Sharon Zukin -- 14. Gazing on history / John Urry -- 15. Neo-Bohemia : art and neighborhood redevelopment in Chicago / Richard Lloyd -- Pt. IV. Urban policy choices -- 16. Chaos or community? : directions for public policy / Paul A. Jargowsky -- 17. The missing link / Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton -- 18. Fortress LA / Mike Davis -- 19. Economic inequality and public policy : the power of place / Todd Swanstrom, Peter Dreier and John Mollenkopf -- 20. The challenge of urban sprawl / Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio and Gar Alperovitz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : contemporary issues in urban sociology -- Pt. I. Recent theoretical perspectives on cities and society -- 1. The city as a growth machine : toward a political economy of place / Harvey Molotch -- 2. Urban restructuring : a critical view / John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom -- 3. Space and status / Daphne Spain -- 4. Los Angeles and the Chicago school : invitation to a debate / Michael Dear -- 5. Modernity, post-modernity and urban culture / Mike Savage and Alan Warde -- Pt. II. Globalization and its impact on cities -- 6. Overview of global cities / Saskia Sassen -- 7. The urban-rural interface and migration / Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler -- 8. Community, ethnicity, and urban sociology / Jan Lin -- 9. The new urban reality / Roger Waldinger -- 10. The return of the sweatshop / Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum -- Pt. III. The changing urban economy -- 11. Understanding homelessness : from global to local / Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear -- 12. Economic restructuring and redevelopment / Susan S. Fainstein -- 13. Gentrification, cuisine, and the critical infrastructure : power and centrality downtown / Sharon Zukin -- 14. Gazing on history / John Urry -- 15. Neo-Bohemia : art and neighborhood redevelopment in Chicago / Richard Lloyd -- Pt. IV. Urban policy choices -- 16. Chaos or community? : directions for public policy / Paul A. Jargowsky -- 17. The missing link / Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton -- 18. Fortress LA / Mike Davis -- 19. Economic inequality and public policy : the power of place / Todd Swanstrom, Peter Dreier and John Mollenkopf -- 20. The challenge of urban sprawl / Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio and Gar Alperovitz.

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