| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking critically about urban politics / Deborah Martin -- SECTION 1 CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / Deborah Martin -- 2. The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Deborah Martin -- 3. Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Kevin Ward -- 4. Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / Kathe Newman -- SECTION 2 CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Deborah Martin -- 5. Policing the city / Kurt Iveson -- 6. Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Donald McNeill -- 7. Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / John Carr -- SECTION 3 CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Mark Davidson -- 8. Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Natalie Oswin -- 9. Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / Jamie Winders -- 10. The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Susan Hanson -- 11. Is class relevant to urban politics? / Mark Davidson -- 12. The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Matthew Huber -- 13. Urban politics as parallax / Mark Davidson |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2011 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
CIP data; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Political aspects
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Municipal government.
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Metropolitan government.
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municipal government.
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Cities and towns -- Political aspects.
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Metropolitan government.
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Municipal government.
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Stadtsoziologie
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Stadtentwicklung
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Kommunalpolitik
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Stadssociologi.
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Urban politik.
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davidson, Mark, 1979- editor
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Martin, Deborah (Geographer), editor
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| LC no. |
2013936854 |
| ISBN |
9781446297476 |
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1446297470 |
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9781446293034 |
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1446293033 |
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9781526402158 |
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1526402157 |
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