{"product_id":"understanding-the-city-9780631224068","title":"Understanding the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text aims to provide a contemporary, multi-disciplinary analysis of how the study of urban society is likely to develop during the next millennium. Topics and theories investigated include the widespread influence of political economy perspectives and other non-Marxist approaches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many anthologies on the city exist, but only a few contain both cutting-edge theoretical essays and rich empirical studies. The latter focus on cities outside the Western urban canon and will make \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the City\u003c\/i\u003e even more attractive to urban scholars.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor R. Beauregard, New School University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the city\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging read for those grappling with new theoretical and conceptual questions about how cities function.....the essays in this book provide an excellent foundation for new levels of discourse on urban enviroments and city life.\" \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Understanding the City 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Eade and Christopher Mele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: A Middle Ground? Difference, Social Justice, and the City 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Rescripting Cities with Difference 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Fincher, Jane M. Jacobs, and Kay Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Public City 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Social Justice and the South African City 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid M. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Dangerous Others: Changing Views on Urban Risks and Violence in France and the United States 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie Body-Gendrot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Global and Local, the Information Age, and American Metropolitan Development 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Power in Place: Retheorizing the Local and the Global 109\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Peter Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Marcuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Urban Analysis as Merchandising: The “LA School” and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Gottdiener\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Urban Research in Particular Regions of the Globe 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 State Socialism, Post-socialism, and their Urban Patterns: Theorizing the Central and Eastern European Experience 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Pickvance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The China Difference: City Studies Under Socialism and Beyond 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy J. Solinger and Kam Wing Chan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Economic Miracles and Megacities: The Japanese Model and Urbanization in East and Southeast Asia 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. S. Eades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Urban Processes and City Contexts: India and the Middle East 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Cities of the Past and Cities of the Future: Theorizing the Indian Metropolis of Bangalore 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmriti Srinivas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Syntax of Jerusalem: Urban Morphology, Culture, and Power 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShlomo Hasson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces: Globalization, Discursive Shifts, and Social Movements 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul M. Lubeck and Bryana Britts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Urban Processes and City Contexts: The United States 337\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Bullriders of Silicon Alley: New Media Circuits of Innovation, Speculation, and Urban Development 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Indergaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Fear and Lusting in Las Vegas and New York: Sex, Political Economy, and Public Space 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander J. Reichl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Efficacy or Legitimacy of Community Power? A Reassessment of Corporate Elites in Urban Studies 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonard Nevarez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Dream Factory Redux: Mass Culture, Symbolic Sites, and Redevelopment in Hollywood 397\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJan Lin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 419\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403442135383,"sku":"9780631224068","price":58.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631224068.jpg?v=1730483484","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-the-city-9780631224068","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}