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City at the center of the world: Space, history, and modernity in Quito
Abstract from the publisher: In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito, the Andean capital of Ecuador, as the “new Rome.” It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades…
The lure of the city: From slums to suburbs
Abstract from the publisher: Cities, by their very nature, are a mass of contradictions. They can be at once visually stunning, culturally rich, exploitative and unforgiving. In The Lure of the City Austin Williams and Alastair Donald explore the…
Refaire la ville : sens et contradictions d'une politique sociale
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La politique de la ville s'insère dans un contexte général d'action publique en transformation depuis une trentaine d'années et marqué par un processus dit de…
Politics of urbanism: Seeing like a city
Organisers' description: To see like a city, rather than seeing like a state, is the key to understanding modern politics. In this book, Magnusson draws from theorists such as Weber, Wirth, Hayek, Jacobs, Sennett, and Foucault to articulate some of…
Learning the city: Knowledge and translocal assemblage
Abstract from the publisher: Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and…
Architecture : joli mois de mai quand reviendras-tu ?
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Faut-il brûler les HLM ?, paru en 2008 chez l'Harmattan. Il prolonge la réflexion théorique et pratique sur la ville et l'esthétique, sur la situation sinistrée de…
Second cities : Globalization and local politics in Manchester and Philadelphia
Abstract from the publisher : Manchester, England, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are what sociologist Jerome Hodos calls second cities—viable alternatives to well-known global cities such as London and New York. In Second Cities, Hodos…
Urban navigations : Politics, space and the city in South Asia
Abstract from the publisher : This book provides an important account of how the city in South Asia is produced, lived and contested. It examines the diverse lived experiences of urban South Asia through a focus on contestations over urban space,…
Cities in transition : Globalization, political change and urban development
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This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive…
Cairo : Histories of a city
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From its earliest days as a royal settlement fronting the pyramids of Giza to its current manifestation as the largest metropolis in Africa, Cairo has forever captured the urban pulse of the Middle East. In Cairo:…
Contention and trust in cities and states
Abstract from the publisher : Cities and nation-states have co-existed uneasily throughout human history. At times fused, at other times opposed, at still other times hierarchically linked, they have been crucibles of identity and social and…
Villes, environnement et transactions démocratiques
Villes, environnement et transactions démocratiques. Hommage au Professeur Maurice Blanc.
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Dans la vie quotidienne, de nombreuses activités nécessitent des échanges, des…
Mobile urbanism : Cities and policymaking in the global age
Abstract from the publisher : How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading…
The urban racial state : Managing race relations in American cities
Abstract from the publisher : The Urban Racial State introduces a new multi-disciplinary analytical approach to urban racial politics that provides a bridging concept for urban theory, racism theory, and state theory. This perspective, dubbed by…
Le rôle social des bibliothèques dans la ville
Présentation par l'éditeur : Les missions sociales des bibliothèques dans la ville peuvent-elles contribuer à la conquête de nouveaux publics, favoriser l'accès de tous à la culture en…
La nouvelle scène urbaine (Maghreb, France, Etats-Unis)
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Le XXIe siècle connaîtra-t-il, parallèlement au dépérissement international et national de l’État, un "nouvel âge mondial des villes" ? On…
Spatial regulation in New York City : From urban renewal to zero tolerance
Abstract from the publisher : This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications…
Global ideologies and urban landscapes
Abstract from the publisher : How do political ideologies and urban landscapes intersect in the context of globalization? This volume illuminates the production of ideologies as both discursive and spatial phenomena in distinct contributions that…
Vico and Naples : The urban origins of modern social theory
Abstract from the publisher : Vico and Naples is an intellectual portrait of the Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) that reveals the politics and motivations of one of Europe’s first scientists of society. According to…