Urban theory: a critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century/ Alan Harding & Talja Blokland

By:

Harding, Alan

Contributor(s):

Blokland, Talja

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TextPublication details: Los Angeles: Sage, 2014.Description: xii, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781446294529

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DDC classification:

307.76 HAR/U

Contents:

Foreword -- 1. What is urban theory? -- Urban studies and urban theory -- Urban subdisciplines -- Metaphorical cities -- The role of theory in urban studies -- What is urban? -- Rural and urban -- What is theory? -- Ontology and epistemology -- And so what on earth is urban theory? -- Questions for discussion -- 2. Urban theories under conditions of modernity -- Introduction -- The Chicago School and urban ecology -- Burgess' concentric zone model -- Criticism -- Wirth's urbanism thesis -- The Chicago School legacy -- Urban geography and spatial analysis -- The influence of neo-classical economics on geography -- Criticism -- The community power debate -- Community power : elite theory versus pluralism -- Humanistic (urban) geography -- Post-positivist approaches -- Consequences for methods -- "Radical" approaches -- Neo-Marxism -- Problems with neo-Marxist approaches -- Neo-Weberian approaches -- Radicalism reappraised -- The legacy of previous theories and their challenges -- Enduring tensions in urban theory -- Assessing "relaxed" urban theory -- Key challenges for modern urban theory -- Urban theory in a spiky world -- Questions for discussion -- 3. From the urban crisis to the "triumph of the city" -- Cities as actors in a globalising economy -- Urban decline and obsolescence -- Economic change versus the city -- Understanding globalisation -- The much exaggerated death of the city -- Urban economic renaissance -- Post-Fordist urbanism -- Global and world cities ... and Los Angeles -- The new economic geography versus urban neo-liberalism -- Discussion -- Questions for discussion -- 4. Can cities act? Urban political economy and the question of agency -- The rediscovery of agency within urban theory -- Introducing American urban political economy -- Against public choice -- Urban regimes and growth machines -- Refining elite theory -- Use value and exchange value -- Challenging growth machines -- Urban regime theory -- Growth machine and urban regime theory compared -- Power in urban regime theory -- The normative dimension -- Critiques and applications -- Evaluating US urban political economy -- Exporting theory -- Difficulties of applying growth machine and urban regime theory -- Questions for discussion -- 5. Spatial expressions of intra-urban inequalities -- Introduction -- Inequalities versus differentiations : vertical and horizontal paradigms -- Beyond either horizontal or vertical -- Living in a world of difference -- Cities as sites of resources : space and inequalities -- The production of space -- Bourdieu on social space -- Segregation -- Social segregation -- Segregation indices -- Immigration and segregation -- Segregation and integration -- Suburbanisation -- Demand and supply -- Commercial suburbanisation and sprawl -- The relevance of suburbanisation for urban theory -- Gentrification -- Gentrification as a process -- Production versus consumption -- Displacement -- Ghettoisation as a spatial process of marginalisation -- "Ghetto" as a term in urban studies -- Economic restructuring and marginalisation -- Stigma, discrimination and racism -- The culture of poverty -- Ghetto and urban policy -- Neighbourhood effects : spatial profit and disadvantage -- The "why" of neighbourhood effects -- Neighbourhood effects and collective efficacy -- The need for attention to institutions -- Summary and conclusion -- Questions for discussion -- 6. Spatial expressions of differentiation -- Introduction -- The horizontal paradigm -- The cultural turn -- The cultural turn and postmodernism -- Lefebvre, de Certeau and the production of space -- The city as a realm of community and lifestyles -- Community and neighbourhood -- Lifestyles -- The subcultural thesis -- The representational city : public space -- Defining public space -- Public space along two axes -- Public, parochial and private realm -- Public space as arena of deliberation -- Public space and representation -- Cultural diversity : identities in public space -- Sexualities -- Gender -- Ethnicity/race -- Age and generations -- Conclusion : cities as a matrix of resources -- Questions for discussion -- 7. Urban theory reconsidered -- The "crisis" in urban theory revisited -- The performance of theories -- The commensurability of theories -- Theory, politics and practice -- A new urban agenda?

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Foreword --
1. What is urban theory? --
Urban studies and urban theory --
Urban subdisciplines --
Metaphorical cities --
The role of theory in urban studies --
What is urban? --
Rural and urban --
What is theory? --
Ontology and epistemology --
And so what on earth is urban theory? --
Questions for discussion --
2. Urban theories under conditions of modernity --
Introduction --
The Chicago School and urban ecology --
Burgess' concentric zone model --
Criticism --
Wirth's urbanism thesis --
The Chicago School legacy --
Urban geography and spatial analysis --
The influence of neo-classical economics on geography --
Criticism --
The community power debate --
Community power : elite theory versus pluralism --
Humanistic (urban) geography --
Post-positivist approaches --
Consequences for methods --
"Radical" approaches --
Neo-Marxism --
Problems with neo-Marxist approaches --
Neo-Weberian approaches --
Radicalism reappraised --
The legacy of previous theories and their challenges --
Enduring tensions in urban theory --
Assessing "relaxed" urban theory --
Key challenges for modern urban theory --
Urban theory in a spiky world --
Questions for discussion --
3. From the urban crisis to the "triumph of the city" --
Cities as actors in a globalising economy --
Urban decline and obsolescence --
Economic change versus the city --
Understanding globalisation --
The much exaggerated death of the city --
Urban economic renaissance --
Post-Fordist urbanism --
Global and world cities ... and Los Angeles --
The new economic geography versus urban neo-liberalism --
Discussion --
Questions for discussion --
4. Can cities act? Urban political economy and the question of agency --
The rediscovery of agency within urban theory --
Introducing American urban political economy --
Against public choice --
Urban regimes and growth machines --
Refining elite theory --
Use value and exchange value --
Challenging growth machines --
Urban regime theory --
Growth machine and urban regime theory compared --
Power in urban regime theory --
The normative dimension --
Critiques and applications --
Evaluating US urban political economy --
Exporting theory --
Difficulties of applying growth machine and urban regime theory --
Questions for discussion --
5. Spatial expressions of intra-urban inequalities --
Introduction --
Inequalities versus differentiations : vertical and horizontal paradigms --
Beyond either horizontal or vertical --
Living in a world of difference --
Cities as sites of resources : space and inequalities --
The production of space --
Bourdieu on social space --
Segregation --
Social segregation --
Segregation indices --
Immigration and segregation --
Segregation and integration --
Suburbanisation --
Demand and supply --
Commercial suburbanisation and sprawl --
The relevance of suburbanisation for urban theory --
Gentrification --
Gentrification as a process --
Production versus consumption --
Displacement --
Ghettoisation as a spatial process of marginalisation --
"Ghetto" as a term in urban studies --
Economic restructuring and marginalisation --
Stigma, discrimination and racism --
The culture of poverty --
Ghetto and urban policy --
Neighbourhood effects : spatial profit and disadvantage --
The "why" of neighbourhood effects --
Neighbourhood effects and collective efficacy --
The need for attention to institutions --
Summary and conclusion --
Questions for discussion --
6. Spatial expressions of differentiation --
Introduction --
The horizontal paradigm --
The cultural turn --
The cultural turn and postmodernism --
Lefebvre, de Certeau and the production of space --
The city as a realm of community and lifestyles --
Community and neighbourhood --
Lifestyles --
The subcultural thesis --
The representational city : public space --
Defining public space --
Public space along two axes --
Public, parochial and private realm --
Public space as arena of deliberation --
Public space and representation --
Cultural diversity : identities in public space --
Sexualities --
Gender --
Ethnicity/race --
Age and generations --
Conclusion : cities as a matrix of resources --
Questions for discussion --
7. Urban theory reconsidered --
The "crisis" in urban theory revisited --
The performance of theories --
The commensurability of theories --
Theory, politics and practice --
A new urban agenda?

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