This innovative volume 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 - Setha M. Low, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York A critical analysis of power and politics is essential to an understanding of contemporary urbanism. Informative and challenging, clear and sophisticated, Urban Politics: Critical Approaches encourages readers to grapple with the great diversity of analytical lenses that frame urban political research through detailed, engaging case studies - Eugene McCann, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Canada This critical, thought provoking discussion of contemporary urban politics places key issues in a geographical context. Divided into three sections: The urban as political setting The urban as political medium The urban as political community The text provides a thorough theoretical grounding with an extensive thematic overview. This unique approach links classical, institutional urban politics with a broader set of urban politics and practices. With case study material integrated throughout, and consideration given to the discussion of different urban politics from multiple theoretical perspectives, this is a completely up to date overview for students of urban geography, urban studies, urban sociology, and of course, urban politics. INDICE: Thinking Critically about Urban Politics - Mark Davidson and Deborah MartinPART ONE: CITY AS SETTINGThe Neighbourhood as a Place for (Urban) Politics - Katherine Hankins and Deborah MartinSplintered Governance: Urban Politics in the Twenty First Century - Kevin WardRuthless: The Foreclosure of American Urban Politics - Elvin Wyly and Kathe NewmanPART TWO: CITY AS MEDIUMPolicing the City - Kurt IvesonMayors and the Representation of Urban Politics - Donald McNeillMaking Urban Politics Go Away: The Role of Legally Mandated Planning Processes in Occluding City Power - John CarrPART THREE: CITY AS COMMUNITYQueering the City: Sexual Citizenship in Creative City Singapore - Natalie OswinMaking Space in the Multicultural City: Immigrant Settlements, Neighbourhoods and Urban Politics - Jamie WindersThe Embedded Politics of Entrepreneurs - Susan HansonIs Class Relevant to Urban Politics? - Mark DavidsonThe Urban Imaginary of Nature: Cities in American Environmental Politics - Matthew HuberUrban Politics as Parallax - Deborah Martin and Mark Davidson
- ISBN: 978-0-85702-398-8
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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