Urban Theory: A critical introduction to power, cities and urbanism in the 21st century - Couverture rigide

Harding, Alan; Blokland, Talja

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 144629451X ISBN 13 : 9781446294512

Editeur : Sage Publications Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

This interdisciplinary introduction to urban theory explains how the concepts that help us understand the contemporary urban experience have developed and been applied. It discusses a wide range of work - within political science, economics, g

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alan Harding is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy and Practice at the University of Liverpool Management School in the UK. Previously, he held posts at Manchester, Salford and Liverpool John Moores universities. His research interests are in urban and regional development, governance and policy and he has acted as an advisor on these issues for a wide range of leading agencies with interests in this field.

Talja Blokland (1971) is an urban sociologist who has worked at Yale University, the University of Manchester and various Dutch universities. Since 2009, she has held the chair of Urban and Regional Sociology at Humboldt University in Berlin. Her publications include Urban Bonds (Polity 2003), Networked Urbanism (edited with Mike Savage, Ashgate 2008) and various articles on race and ethnicity in the city, poor neighbourhoods, urban violence, gentrification, urban middle classes and neighbourhood relations and everyday interactions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sage Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144629451X
• ISBN 13: 9781446294512
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible