International journal of urban and regional research (Vol. 35, No. 1)

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Sujet

, réseaux, world city, ville mondiale, politique de la ville, logement, trajectoire résidentielle, société urbaine, emploi, voisinage, économie, participation, genre, gender, éducation

Description

Abstract from the publisher :

A groundbreaking forum for intellectual debate, IJURR is at the forefront of urban and regional research. With a cutting edge approach to linking theoretical development and empirical research, and a consistent demand for quality, IJURR encompasses key material from an unparalleled range of critical, comparative and geographic perspectives. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach to the field, IJURR is essential reading for social scientists with a concern for the complex, changing roles and futures of cities and regions.

Contents :

Cities in a world of cities : The comparative gesture - Jennifer Robinson

Questioning the theoretical basis of current global-city research : Structures, networks and actor-networks - Richard G. Smith and Marcus A. Doel Lagos, Koolhaas and partisan politics in Nigeria - Laurent Fourchard Moving up the ladder or stuck on the bottom rung? Homeownership as a solution to poverty in urban South Africa - Charlotte Lemanski Legacies, change and transformation in the post-apartheid city : Towards an urban sociological cartography - Daniel Schensul and Patrick Heller Revisiting shibboleths of race and urban economy : Black employment in manufacturing and the public sector compared, Chicago 1950 - 2000 - Virginia Parks The local wreckage of global capital : The subprime crisis, federal policy and high-foreclosure neighborhoods in the US - Dan Immergluck The citizen participation of urban movements in spatial planning : A comparison between Vigo and Porto - Miguel Martínez Gender water networks : Feminity and masculinity in water politics in Bolivia - Nina Laurie The Los Angeles school : Difference, politics, city - Walter J. Nicholls Book reviews

Créateur

Multiple authors

Éditeur

Wiley-Blackwell

Date

January 2011

Format

1 - 222

Type

Revue