Critical Urban Studies New Directions

This volume revisits the tradition of critical scholarship characteristic of the urban studies field. Urban scholarship has had detractors of late, particularly in mainstream political science, where it has been accused of parochialism and insularity. Critical Urban Studies offers a sharp repudiatio...

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Main Authors Davies, Jonathan S., Imbroscio, David L., Stone, Clarence N. (Clarence Nathan)
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Albany State University of New York Press 2010
SUNY Press
Edition1
Subjects
Cities and towns
Cities and towns > Study and teaching
City Planning & Urban Development
Parochialism
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Politics and Law : Political Science
Public Policy
Public Policy & Administration
Public Policy : Public Policy
Social change
Social conditions
Social scientists
Sociology : Sociology
Sociology : Urban Studies
Sociology, Urban
Sociology, Urban > Study and teaching
Study and teaching
Urban policy
Urban policy > Study and teaching
Urban sociology
Urban Studies
Urbanism
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1: $\sqrt{\textrm{City}}$ 2: Critical Perspectives on the City: 3: Seeing Like a City: 4: Reflections on Urbanity as an Object of Study and a Critical Epistemology 5: Back to the Future: 6: Keeping It Critical: 7: The Trouble with Diversity 8: Do Multicultural Cities Help Equality? 9: Why Do We Want Mixed-Income Housing and Neighborhoods? 10: Dispersal as Anti-Poverty Policy 11: Beyond Sprawl and Anti-Sprawl Bibliography List of Contributors Index Back Matter
  • Title Page Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. Critical Urban Theory 1. City 2. Critical Perspectives on the City: Constructivist, Interpretive Analysis of Urban Politics 3. Seeing Like a City: How to Urbanize Political Science 4. Reflections on Urbanity as an Object of Study and a Critical Epistemology 5. Back to the Future: Marxism and Urban Politics 6. Keeping It Critical: Resisting the Allure of the Mainstream Part II. Critical Urban Policy 7. The Trouble with Diversity 8. Do Multicultural Cities Help Equality? 9. Why Do We Want Mixed-Income Housing and Neighborhoods? 10. Dispersal as Anti-Poverty Policy 11. Beyond Sprawl and Anti-Sprawl Bibliography Contributors Index Cover Frontmatter
  • Intro -- Critical Urban Studies -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Critical Urban Theory -- 1. City -- 2. Critical Perspectives on the City: Constructivist, Interpretive Analysis of Urban Politics -- 3. Seeing Like a City: How to Urbanize Political Science -- 4. Refl ections on Urbanity as an Object of Study and a Critical Epistemology -- 5. Back to the Future: Marxism and Urban Politics -- 6. Keeping It Critical: Resisting the Allure of the Mainstream -- Part II. Critical Urban Policy -- 7. The Trouble with Diversity -- 8. Do Multicultural Cities Help Equality? -- 9. Why Do We Want Mixed-Income Housing and Neighborhoods? -- 10. Dispersal as Anti-Poverty Policy -- 11. Beyond Sprawl and Anti-Sprawl -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Critical Urban Theory --
  • Critical Urban Policy --
  • Contents --
  • Critical Perspectives on the City --
  • Contributors --
  • Dispersal as Anti-Poverty Policy --
  • Seeing Like a City --
  • Index
  • Front Matter --
  • Foreword --
  • Reflections on Urbanity as an Object of Study and a Critical Epistemology --
  • Do Multicultural Cities Help Equality? --
  • Back to the Future --
  • Keeping It Critical --
  • The Trouble with Diversity --
  • Why Do We Want Mixed-Income Housing and Neighborhoods? --
  • Beyond Sprawl and Anti-Sprawl --
  • Introduction --
  • City --
  • Bibliography --