| Description |
x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell readers in sociology. ; 13 |
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Blackwell readers in sociology.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- Acknowledgments viii -- Introduction: Contemporary Issues in Urban Sociology 1 -- -- Part I: Recent Theoretical Perspectives on Cities and Society 15 -- 1 The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a -- Political Economy of Place -- Harvey Molotch 17 -- 2 Urban Restructuring: A Critical View -- John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom 28 -- 3 Space and Status -- Daphne Spain 43 -- 4 Los Angeles and the Chicago School: Invitation to a Debate -- Michael Dear 54 -- 5 Modernity, Post-modernity and Urban Culture -- Mike Savage and Alan Warde 72 -- -- Part II: Globalization and Its Impact on Cities 81 -- 6 Overview of Global Cities -- Saskia Sassen 83 -- 7 The Urban-Rural Interface and Migration -- Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler 91 -- 8 Community, Ethnicity, and Urban Sociology -- Jan Lin 100 -- 9 The New Urban Reality -- Roger Waldinger 110 -- 10 The Return of the Sweatshop -- Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum 127 -- -- Part III: The Changing Urban Economy 145 -- 11 Understanding Homelessness: From Global to Local -- Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear 147 -- 12 Economic Restructuring and Redevelopment -- Susan S. Fainstein 167 -- 13 Gentrification, Cuisine, and the Critical Infrastructure: -- Power and Centrality Downtown -- Sharon Zukin 183 -- -- -- -- 14 Gazing on History -- John Urry 195 -- 15 Neo-Bohemia: Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment -- in Chicago -- Richard Lloyd 215 -- -- Part IV: Urban Policy Choices 231 -- 16 Chaos or Community? Directions for Public Policy -- Paul A. Jargowsky 233 -- 17 The Missing Link -- Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton 252 -- 18 Fortress LA -- Mike Davis 267 -- 19 Economic Inequality and Public Policy: -- The Power of Place -- Todd Swanstrom, Peter Dreier, and John Mollenkopf 284 -- 20 The Challenge of Urban Sprawl -- Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio, -- and Gar Alperovitz 303 -- -- Index 330 |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sociology, Urban.
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Cities and towns.
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Urban economics.
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Urban policy.
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Globalization.
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| Author |
Kleniewski, Nancy.
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| LC no. |
2004050167 |
| ISBN |
1405102314 alkaline paper |
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1405102322 : |
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