Postsuburban California

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-520-20160-6
Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR

Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Neither a city nor a traditional suburb, Orange County, California represents a striking example of a new kind of social formation. This multidisciplinary volume offers a cogent case study of the "postsuburban" phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kling, Rob

Olin, Spencer C.

Poster, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Emergence of Postsuburbia: An Introduction, Rob Kling, Spencer Olin, and Mark Poster
The Multinucleated Metropolitan Region: A Comparative Analysis, M. Gottdienerand George Kephart
Designing the Model Community: The Irvine Company and Suburban Development, 1950-88, Martin Schiesl
The Information Labor Force, Rob Kling and Clark Turner
Changing Consumption Patterns, Alladi Venkatesh
Public Ceremony in a Private Culture: Orange County Celebrates the Fourth ofJuly, Debra Gold Hansen and Mary P. Ryan
Narcissism or Liberation? Child Raising inthe Affluent Middle-Class Family, Mark Poster
Intraclass Conflict and the Politics of aFragmented Region, 1945-88, Spencer Olin
Grass-Roots Protest and the Politics of Planning: Santa Ana, 1976-88, Lisbeth Haas
The Taxpayers' Revolt, William Gayk

Über Autor(innen)

Rob Kling is Professor in the Program in Information and Computer Science, the Graduate School of Management, and the Public Policy Research Organization at the University of California, Irvine. Spencer Olin is Professor of History and Mark Poster is Professor of History, both at the University of California, Irvine.