The New Urban Sociology

Editor/Author Gottdiener, Mark, Hutchison, Ray and Ryan, Michael
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Westview Press

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ISBN: 978-0-81-334956-5
Category: Social Sciences - Sociology
Image Count: 48
Book Status: Available
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This groundbreaking text, now in its fifth edition, utilizes an integrated sociospatial paradigm to consider the role of race, class, gender, environment, economics, culture, and politics on the development of metropolitan areas.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface to the Fifth Edition
  • 1 THE NEW URBAN SOCIOLOGY
  • 2 THE ORIGINS OF URBAN LIFE
  • 3 THE RISE OF URBAN SOCIOLOGY
  • 4 CONTEMPORARY URBAN SOCIOLOGY
  • 5 URBANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES
  • 6 SUBURBANIZATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE MULTICENTERED REGION
  • 7 PEOPLE AND LIFESTYLES IN THE METROPOLIS: Urban and Suburban Culture
  • 8 NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES
  • 9 METROPOLITAN PROBLEMS: Racism, Poverty, Crime, and Housing
  • 10 URBANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPED NATIONS
  • 11 URBANIZATION IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
  • 12 METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  • 13 METROPOLITAN SOCIAL POLICY
  • 14 THE FUTURE OF URBAN SOCIOLOGY
  • Bibliography