{"product_id":"urban-theory-9781446294529","title":"Urban Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat \u003cem\u003eis \u003c\/em\u003eUrban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just \u003cem\u003ebetween \u003c\/em\u003ecities but \u003cem\u003ewithin \u003c\/em\u003ecities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003eRelations between urban theory and \u003cstrong\u003emodernity \u003c\/strong\u003ein key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and radical' approaches like Marxism\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eCities and the transition to informational economies, \u003cstrong\u003eglobalization\u003c\/strong\u003e, urban growth machine and urban regime theory, the city as an actor\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eSpatial expressions of \u003cstrong\u003einequality \u003c\/strong\u003eand key ideas like segregation, ghettoization, suburbanization, gentrification\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eSocio-cultural spatial expressions of \u003cstrong\u003edifference \u003c\/strong\u003eand key concepts like gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and culturalist perspectives on identity, lifestyle, subculture\u003c\/li\u003e    \u003cli\u003eHow c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust when we need it most, urban theory seems to be failing us. This book explains why we need it.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jamie Peck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarding and Blokland address the vaunted \"crisis\" in urban theory with a thoughtful assessment of extant theories in terms of performance, commensurability, and critical engagement. In a conversational and lively tone, they view theories of inequality, public space, identity, power, agency, and culture through the lens of \"relaxed urban theory.\" Excellent overview for scholars and engaging classroom material.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Susan E. Clarke\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Peter Saunders’s non-spatial urban thinking, Harding and Blokland’s book provides a provocative, wide-ranging and comprehensive treatment of concepts geared to understand cities, and is a compulsory addition to any urban student’s intellectual arsenal in a period of renewed interest in urban theory. -- Roger Keil\u003cbr\u003eUrban theory is said to be in a mess. Proceeding with great analytical clarity, this book introduces a relaxed definition of urban theory that enables the reader to make sense of the non-linear, variegated world of urban theory as it has developed over time and through the application of different disciplines, methods and epistemologies. In reviewing all the major conceptualisations of urban theory, Harding and Blokland provide clear insights into recent developments and the controversies and critiques they have provoked. The book is a pedagogical tour de force for students and scholars alike. -- Patrick Le Galès\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. WHAT IS URBAN THEORY?    Urban Studies and Urban Theory    What is Urban?    What is Theory?    And So What on Earth is Urban Theory? 2. URBAN THEORIES UNDER CONDITIONS OF MODERNITY    The Chicago School and Urban Ecology    Urban Geography and Spatial Analysis    The Community Power Debate    Humanistic (Urban) Geography    ‘Radical′ Approaches    The Legacy of Previous Theories and Their Challenges 3. FROM THE URBAN CRISIS TO THE ‘TRIUMPH OF THE CITY’    Cities as Actors in a Globalising Economy    Urban Decline and Obsolescence    Urban Economic Renaissance    Discussion 4. CAN CITIES ACT? URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE QUESTION OF AGENCY    The Rediscovery of Agency Within Urban Theory    Introducing American Urban Political Economy    Urban Regimes and Growth Machines    The Normative Dimension    Critiques and Applications 5. SPATIAL EXPRESSIONS OF INTRA-URBAN INEQUALITIES    Inequalities Versus Differentiations: Vertical and Horizontal Paradigms    Cities as Sites of Resources:  Space and Inequalities    Segregation    Suburbanization    Gentrification    Ghettoization as a Spatial Process of Marginalization    Neighbourhood Effects: Spatial Profit and Disadvantage 6. SPATIAL EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENTIATION    The Cultural Turn    The City as a Realm of Community and Lifestyle    The Subcultural Thesis    The Representational City: Public Space    Cultural Diversity: Identities in Public Space    Conclusion: Cities as Matrix of Resources 7. URBAN THEORY RECONSIDERED    The ′Crisis′ in Urban Theory Revisited    The Performance of Theories    The Commensurability of Theories    Theory, Politics and Practice    A New Urban Agenda?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739326624087,"sku":"9781446294529","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781446294529.jpg?v=1720051917","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/urban-theory-9781446294529","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}