Urban theory: a critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century/ (Record no. 186394)
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fixed length control field | 04964nam a2200193Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781446294529 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 307.76 |
Item number | HAR/U |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Harding, Alan. |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Urban theory: a critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Alan Harding & Talja Blokland |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Los Angeles: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Sage, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xii, 294 p. : |
Other physical details | ill. ; |
Dimensions | 25 cm. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Foreword --<br/>1. What is urban theory? --<br/>Urban studies and urban theory --<br/>Urban subdisciplines --<br/>Metaphorical cities --<br/>The role of theory in urban studies --<br/>What is urban? --<br/>Rural and urban --<br/>What is theory? --<br/>Ontology and epistemology --<br/>And so what on earth is urban theory? --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>2. Urban theories under conditions of modernity --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The Chicago School and urban ecology --<br/>Burgess' concentric zone model --<br/>Criticism --<br/>Wirth's urbanism thesis --<br/>The Chicago School legacy --<br/>Urban geography and spatial analysis --<br/>The influence of neo-classical economics on geography --<br/>Criticism --<br/>The community power debate --<br/>Community power : elite theory versus pluralism --<br/>Humanistic (urban) geography --<br/>Post-positivist approaches --<br/>Consequences for methods --<br/>"Radical" approaches --<br/>Neo-Marxism --<br/>Problems with neo-Marxist approaches --<br/>Neo-Weberian approaches --<br/>Radicalism reappraised --<br/>The legacy of previous theories and their challenges --<br/>Enduring tensions in urban theory --<br/>Assessing "relaxed" urban theory --<br/>Key challenges for modern urban theory --<br/>Urban theory in a spiky world --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>3. From the urban crisis to the "triumph of the city" --<br/>Cities as actors in a globalising economy --<br/>Urban decline and obsolescence --<br/>Economic change versus the city --<br/>Understanding globalisation --<br/>The much exaggerated death of the city --<br/>Urban economic renaissance --<br/>Post-Fordist urbanism --<br/>Global and world cities ... and Los Angeles --<br/>The new economic geography versus urban neo-liberalism --<br/>Discussion --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>4. Can cities act? Urban political economy and the question of agency --<br/>The rediscovery of agency within urban theory --<br/>Introducing American urban political economy --<br/>Against public choice --<br/>Urban regimes and growth machines --<br/>Refining elite theory --<br/>Use value and exchange value --<br/>Challenging growth machines --<br/>Urban regime theory --<br/>Growth machine and urban regime theory compared --<br/>Power in urban regime theory --<br/>The normative dimension --<br/>Critiques and applications --<br/>Evaluating US urban political economy --<br/>Exporting theory --<br/>Difficulties of applying growth machine and urban regime theory --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>5. Spatial expressions of intra-urban inequalities --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Inequalities versus differentiations : vertical and horizontal paradigms --<br/>Beyond either horizontal or vertical --<br/>Living in a world of difference --<br/>Cities as sites of resources : space and inequalities --<br/>The production of space --<br/>Bourdieu on social space --<br/>Segregation --<br/>Social segregation --<br/>Segregation indices --<br/>Immigration and segregation --<br/>Segregation and integration --<br/>Suburbanisation --<br/>Demand and supply --<br/>Commercial suburbanisation and sprawl --<br/>The relevance of suburbanisation for urban theory --<br/>Gentrification --<br/>Gentrification as a process --<br/>Production versus consumption --<br/>Displacement --<br/>Ghettoisation as a spatial process of marginalisation --<br/>"Ghetto" as a term in urban studies --<br/>Economic restructuring and marginalisation --<br/>Stigma, discrimination and racism --<br/>The culture of poverty --<br/>Ghetto and urban policy --<br/>Neighbourhood effects : spatial profit and disadvantage --<br/>The "why" of neighbourhood effects --<br/>Neighbourhood effects and collective efficacy --<br/>The need for attention to institutions --<br/>Summary and conclusion --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>6. Spatial expressions of differentiation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The horizontal paradigm --<br/>The cultural turn --<br/>The cultural turn and postmodernism --<br/>Lefebvre, de Certeau and the production of space --<br/>The city as a realm of community and lifestyles --<br/>Community and neighbourhood --<br/>Lifestyles --<br/>The subcultural thesis --<br/>The representational city : public space --<br/>Defining public space --<br/>Public space along two axes --<br/>Public, parochial and private realm --<br/>Public space as arena of deliberation --<br/>Public space and representation --<br/>Cultural diversity : identities in public space --<br/>Sexualities --<br/>Gender --<br/>Ethnicity/race --<br/>Age and generations --<br/>Conclusion : cities as a matrix of resources --<br/>Questions for discussion --<br/>7. Urban theory reconsidered --<br/>The "crisis" in urban theory revisited --<br/>The performance of theories --<br/>The commensurability of theories --<br/>Theory, politics and practice --<br/>A new urban agenda? |
650 ## - SUBJECT | |
Keyword | Sociology, Urban--Philosophy |
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Keyword | Cities and towns--Philosophy |
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Keyword | Cities and towns |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Blokland, Talja. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | General Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 307.76 HAR/U | P41408 | 17/09/2024 | 17/09/2024 | General Books |