{"product_id":"the-social-control-of-cities-9780631205210","title":"The Social Control of Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Contemporary advanced societies.  * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is extremely important for anyone interested in crime and violence in urban areas. The author situates urban violence and responses to it within the larger processes of globalization and of growth of inequalitites within and between societies. By using case studies of different cities in different countries--US, Britain, and Frnace--she examines the impact of global, national, and local policies and economic trends on various cities' responses to crime and violence.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a well-documented and perceptive study.\" \u003ci\u003eDavid Downes, London School of Economics, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... does a creditable job of demonstrating both historically and comparatively, how cities within the limits of distinct national traditions are actually extraordinarily diverse and yet extremely limited in the ways they manage social control.\" \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Sociology Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘This comprehensive cross-cultural study of urban tensions and insecurities in an era of globalization is a major contribution to the literature on changing western cities. Sophie Body-Gendrot’s original synthesis of a wide range of urban studies provides new insights on the dynamic changes in modern urban life.\" \u003ci\u003e– William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroductions: Tolerance and Suppression.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Politics of Depacification\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Globalization and Urban Unrest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw-Enforcement in the USA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolidarity and Social Prevention in France.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Politics of Reconciliation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Polarization: New York and Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging Polarization: Paris, Marseilles, and Lyons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Social Control of Cities?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49917752836439,"sku":"9780631205210","price":22.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631205210.jpg?v=1738449056","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-control-of-cities-9780631205210","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}