{"product_id":"urban-bonds-social-relationships-in-an-inner-city-neighbourhood-9780745628011","title":"Urban Bonds Social Relationships in an Inner City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThis is a book of major intellectual significance. Talja Blokland succeeds in casting her case study around broader theoretical concerns that will have relevance for urban sociologists everywhere.\" \u003ci\u003eMike Savage, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Talja Blokland has written an engaging, thoughtful and often provocative analysis of changing social life in an inner city neighbourhood.\" \u003ci\u003eCharles Tilly, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a superb empirically grounded study of social relations, exploring important theoretical issues about space, identity and community in the context of wonderful and compelling ethnography.\" \u003ci\u003eRichard Jenkins, University of Sheffield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. Disintegration And The ‘Demise Of Community’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology And Neighbourhood Use.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Personal Networks As Communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnex: Research Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\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":49404359410007,"sku":"9780745628011","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745628011.jpg?v=1730486213","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/urban-bonds-social-relationships-in-an-inner-city-neighbourhood-9780745628011","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}