{"product_id":"understanding-the-city-isbn-9780631224075","title":"Understanding the City","description":"This cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which urban studies is likely to take during the twenty-first century. \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  \"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  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Eade\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Surrey, Roehampton. He undertook research in Calcutta before completing his doctorate on Bangladeshi community politics in London's East End. He directed the Wandsworth local\/global study and his previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Community\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eLiving the Global City\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003ePlacing London\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). He is currently directing a research project on Methodists in the global city and collaborating on an ESRC-funded program on links between Britain and Bangladesh.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Mele\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSelling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and Resistance in New York City\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). His current research is a study of the influence of historical patterns of race and class upon contemporary urban growth and development along the southeastern coast of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e  This pioneering, multi-disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which the study of urban society is likely to take. Leading researchers from sociology, geography, anthropology, and cultural studies examine the research issues that emerged during the 1990s, particularly from political economy and 'cultural turn' perspectives. Their exploration reveals both how urban studies have fragmented, and how a new middle ground for future debate and research has arisen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume brings together theoretical discussion of urban studies with analysis of urban processes at both regional and local levels around the globe. It enables readers to assess the degree to which differing perspectives have produced dynamic diversity as well as areas of mutual interest, creating exciting possibilities for urban studies locally and globally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990433349861,"sku":"NP9780631224075","price":41.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631224075.jpg?v=1761787809","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/understanding-the-city-isbn-9780631224075","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}