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Urban Theory A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

16.05.2014

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

312

Maße (L/B/H)

25/17,5/2,1 cm

Gewicht

652 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4462-9451-2

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Rezension

Just when we need it most, urban theory seems to be failing us. This book explains why we need it.

Jamie Peck

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

16.05.2014

Verlag

Sage Publications

Seitenzahl

312

Maße (L/B/H)

25/17,5/2,1 cm

Gewicht

652 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4462-9451-2

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • 1. WHAT IS URBAN THEORY?
    Urban Studies and Urban Theory
    What is Urban?
    What is Theory?
    And So What on Earth is Urban Theory?
    2. URBAN THEORIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY
    The Chicago School and Urban Ecology
    Urban Geography and Spatial Analysis
    The Community Power Debate
    Humanistic (Urban) Geography
    'Radical¿ Approaches
    The Legacy of Previous Theories and Their Challenges
    3. FROM THE URBAN CRISIS TO THE 'TRIUMPH OF THE CITY'
    Cities as Actors in a Globalising Economy
    Urban Decline and Obsolescence
    Urban Economic Renaissance
    Discussion
    4. CAN CITIES ACT? URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE QUESTION OF AGENCY
    The Rediscovery of Agency Within Urban Theory
    Introducing American Urban Political Economy
    Urban Regimes and Growth Machines
    The Normative Dimension
    Critiques and Applications
    5. SPATIAL EXPRESSIONS OF INTRA-URBAN INEQUALITIES
    Inequalities Versus Differentiations: Vertical and Horizontal Paradigms
    Cities as Sites of Resources: Space and Inequalities
    Segregation
    Suburbanization
    Gentrification
    Ghettoization as a Spatial Process of Marginalization
    Neighbourhood Effects: Spatial Profit and Disadvantage
    6. SPATIAL EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENTIATION
    The Cultural Turn
    The City as a Realm of Community and Lifestyle
    The Subcultural Thesis
    The Representational City: Public Space
    Cultural Diversity: Identities in Public Space
    Conclusion: Cities as Matrix of Resources
    7. URBAN THEORY RECONSIDERED
    The ¿Crisis¿ in Urban Theory Revisited
    The Performance of Theories
    The Commensurability of Theories
    Theory, Politics and Practice
    A New Urban Agenda?