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Urban politics : critical approaches / edited by Mark Davidson, Deborah Martin.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2014Description: xiv, 235 pages: illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Urban politics.DDC classification:
  • 320.85 23 U72
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking critically about urban politics / Deborah Martin -- SECTION 1 CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / Deborah Martin -- 2. The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Deborah Martin -- 3. Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Kevin Ward -- 4. Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / Kathe Newman -- SECTION 2 CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Deborah Martin -- 5. Policing the city / Kurt Iveson -- 6. Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Donald McNeill -- 7. Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / John Carr -- SECTION 3 CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Mark Davidson -- 8. Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Natalie Oswin -- 9. Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / Jamie Winders -- 10. The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Susan Hanson -- 11. Is class relevant to urban politics? / Mark Davidson -- 12. The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Matthew Huber -- 13. Urban politics as parallax / Mark Davidson.
Summary: 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.
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كتاب كتاب Central Library المكتبة المركزية 320.85 U72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available قاعة الكتب 21750

Previously issued in print: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking critically about urban politics / Deborah Martin -- SECTION 1 CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / Deborah Martin -- 2. The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Deborah Martin -- 3. Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Kevin Ward -- 4. Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / Kathe Newman -- SECTION 2 CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Deborah Martin -- 5. Policing the city / Kurt Iveson -- 6. Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Donald McNeill -- 7. Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / John Carr -- SECTION 3 CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Mark Davidson -- 8. Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Natalie Oswin -- 9. Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / Jamie Winders -- 10. The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Susan Hanson -- 11. Is class relevant to urban politics? / Mark Davidson -- 12. The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Matthew Huber -- 13. Urban politics as parallax / Mark Davidson.

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.

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