Urban politics : critical approaches /
Urban politics : critical approaches /
edited by Mark Davidson, Deborah Martin.
- xiv, 235 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm
Previously issued in print: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking critically about urban politics / CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Policing the city / Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Is class relevant to urban politics? / The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Urban politics as parallax / Deborah Martin -- Deborah Martin -- Deborah Martin -- Kevin Ward -- Kathe Newman -- Deborah Martin -- Kurt Iveson -- Donald McNeill -- John Carr -- Mark Davidson -- Natalie Oswin -- Jamie Winders -- Susan Hanson -- Mark Davidson -- Matthew Huber -- Mark Davidson. Machine generated contents note: 1. SECTION 1 2. 3. 4. SECTION 2 5. 6. 7. SECTION 3 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world; Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction.
Cities and towns--Political aspects.
Municipal government.
320.85 / U72
Previously issued in print: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Thinking critically about urban politics / CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Policing the city / Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Is class relevant to urban politics? / The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Urban politics as parallax / Deborah Martin -- Deborah Martin -- Deborah Martin -- Kevin Ward -- Kathe Newman -- Deborah Martin -- Kurt Iveson -- Donald McNeill -- John Carr -- Mark Davidson -- Natalie Oswin -- Jamie Winders -- Susan Hanson -- Mark Davidson -- Matthew Huber -- Mark Davidson. Machine generated contents note: 1. SECTION 1 2. 3. 4. SECTION 2 5. 6. 7. SECTION 3 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world; Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction.
Cities and towns--Political aspects.
Municipal government.
320.85 / U72