Stevenson The City

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-6338-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Key Concepts

This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as acentral concept in contemporary social thought. It probes thecontested and negotiated ways in which cities are built,understood, lived and imagined. Taking a thematic approach anddrawing on a range of theoretical, methodological and empiricalpoints of reference, it examines such subjects as urban inequality,public space, creative cities, globalization, the night-timeeconomy, suburbia, and memory and emotion.
In The City Deborah Stevenson argues that, as theoriesand concepts shape what is known about cities and urban life, it isnecessary to build conceptual frameworks that engage with theintersections and tensions between urban processes and trends, aswell as with the complexities of everyday urban life.
This book's combination of original insight and criticalsynthesis will make it an invaluable contribution for aninternational, interdisciplinary readership of students andscholars in sociology, geography, urban studies and wider socialscience and the humanities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stevenson, Deborah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1: Theoretical City: Concepts and Frameworks
Chapter 2: Material City: Economies and Inequalities
Chapter 3: Everyday City: Diversity and Predictability
Chapter 4: Dark City: Regulation and Stimulation
Chapter 5: Emotional City: Memory, Belief and Passion
Chapter 6: Global City: Hierarchies and the Urban'Other'
Chapter 7: Imagined City: Visions and Brands
Chapter 8: Concepts of the City and Beyond
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah Stevenson is Professor of Sociology and Urban Cultural Research in the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney.