Urban Sociology

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-85326-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

This book offers a coherant theoretical introduction to urban sociology. Based on the urban theory of Louis Wirth, it systematically examines Wirth's principal ideas in the contexts of pre-industrial cities, industrial cities and bureaucracies. Morris discusses conditions for the emergence of cities and for industrialization. He relates organisational and ecological accounts of the city and considers the contributions of each. Bureaucracy appears as a peculiarly urban form of organisation: its ecological and social characteristics are examined in an original manner and with considerable insight so as to illustrate and modify the propositions derived from Wirth's theory. The book concludes with a comprehensive evaluation of Wirth and his critics.

This book was first published in 1968.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, R N

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 'Urbanism as a Way of Life': The Urban Theory of Louis Wirth; Chapter 2 The Pre-Industrial City; Chapter 3 Wirth's Theory and the Industrial City; Chapter 4 Ecological Processes in the City; Chapter 5 Bureaucracy in Urban-Industrial Societies; Chapter 6 Wirth's Theory of Urbanism: An Overall Evaluation;

Über Autor(innen)

R.N. Morris