Urban Fortunes

The Political Economy of Place, 20th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
20th Anniversary ed
ISBN: 978-0-520-25428-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 413 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

This sociological classic is updated with a new preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Logan, John R.

Molotch, Harvey L.

Molotch, Harvey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the 20th Anniversary Edition
Preface to the First Edition

1 The Social Construction of Cities
2 Places as Commodities
3 The City as a Growth Machine
4 Homes: Exchange and Sentiment in the
Neighborhood
5 How Government Matters
6 Overcoming Resistance to Value-free
Development
7 The Dependent Future

References
Name Index
Subject lndex

Über Autor(innen)

John R. Logan is Professor of Sociology at Brown University. Harvey L. Molotch is Professor of Sociology at New York University.