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Les travaux français portant sur les villes et les territoires urbains forment-ils des « études urbaines » à l’image des urban studies transdisciplinaires à l’anglo-saxonne ? L’histoire des sciences…
Les travaux français portant sur les villes et les territoires urbains forment-ils des « études urbaines » à l’image des urban studies transdisciplinaires à l’anglo-saxonne ? L’histoire des sciences…
Ville et conflits. Action collective, justice sociale et enjeux environnementaux
Présentation par l'éditeur : Depuis le début des années 1980, les formes que revêt l’action collective sont des plus diversifiées. Elles se situent autant sur le terrain institutionnel qu’en marge…
Urban sociology : An introduction to the study of urban communities
Extract from the Preface :
This book aims to fulfil but one purpose, namely, to meet the needs of students engaged in the study of the sociology of urban communities... The four queries with which this book concerns itself are: (a) What are the…
Urban politics
Abstract from the publisher :
City politics is an ancient, enduring and vibrant enterprise that can be traced back over two millennia. Its key concerns include the nature of power, institutions, governance, community, scale and economic processes,…
Unequal networks: Spatial segregation, relationships and inequality in the city
Abstract from the publisher :
Does the neighbourhood in which people live matter for the resourcefulness of their personal network and thus for their opportunities in life? Do residents of a multi-ethnic ‘problem’ area maintain fewer…
Understanding the City. Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies
Henri Lefebvre is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers in the field of urban space and its organization; his theories offer reflections still valid for analyzing social relations in urban areas affected by the crisis of the neoliberal…
Transformative cities in the new global order : Accumulation by dispossession
Abstract from the publisher : Globalisation and a neo-liberal world order are impacting the global urban system, resulting in massive transformation of cities across the world. This transformation, which is currently the centre of focus among…
The Wire. L'Amérique sur écoute
Créée par un ancien journaliste du Baltimore Sun, David Simon, et un ancien policier, Ed Burns, et scénarisée par des grands noms du roman noir américain, la série américaine The Wire est devenue culte. S'appuyant sur des investigations de terrain de…
The urban wilderness : A history of the American city
From the foreword by Charles Tilly :
For a generation Sam Warner has written about American urban history by sketching the development of particular cities. A 1994 poll of urban history scholars identified him as the country's most influential…
The urban condition : Space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis
Abstract from the publisher :
What does the Western city at the end of the twentieth century look like? How did the modern metropolis of congestion and density turn into a posturban or even postsuburban cityscape? What are edge cities and…
The urban community
Extract from the preface by Ernest W. Burgess :
Nine years ago the central topic at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Society was "Rural Sociology." So great was the demand for the volume, especially for use in classes in universities…
The sociology of urban regions
Extract from the Preface :
An understanding of modern man's increasingly typical habitat - the city and the urban region - is a practical necessity for almost everyone... In this work, I have tried to present an organized review and interpretation of…
The sociology of city life
Contents :
I. The beginnings of city life :
1. The origin of city life
2. The emergence of urbanism
II. The location of the city :
1. The urban site
2. General geographic location
III. The physical setting of city life :
1. The developmental history…
The sociology of a New York city block
Alternative link to the book via the Making of America digital library at the University of Michigan.