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Sage Companion To The City
Paperback Edition: 1/2008
Organised in four sections The SAGE Companion to the City provides a systematic A-Z to understanding the city that explains the interrelations between society, culture and economy.
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Each chapter is illustrated with key extracts from the literature: " Part One : Histories : explains : power; religion; science and technology; modernity; the landscape of the city. " Part Two : Economies and Inequalities : explains : work and leisure; globalisation; innovation and the economy; and the role of the state "Part Three : Communities : explains : migration and settlement; segregation and division; civility; house and home; housing and homelessness. " Part Four : Order and Disorder : explains : politics and policy; planning and conflict; law and order; surveillance and terror. An accessible guide to all areas of urban studies; the text offers both a contemporary cutting edge reflection and measured historical and geographical reflection on urban studies. It will be essential reading for students of any discipline interested in the city as an object of study.
Pages : 408
Publisher : Sage Publications
Publication date : 2008-05-01
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the UK, Science And Technology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Communities