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Cities and Crisis: New Critical Urban Theory
Contributor(s): Fujita, Kuniko (Editor)
ISBN: 1446275310     ISBN-13: 9781446275313
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $59.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
Dewey: 307.76
LCCN: 2012955187
Series: Sage Studies in International Sociology
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.14 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
 
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Publisher Description:
Recognizing the deep relations between politics, finance, cities and citizens, this book argues for a rejuvenated account of urban theory.

The book emphasises the need to understand the importance of the 2008 global financial crisis and how the crisis affects cities nested in a variety of political economies. Situating urban theory in the current economic climate, it powerfully illuminates the dynamic between history, theory, and practice. Stressing how catastrophic social and economic calamities under the crisis lead to reorganised city structures, city life and city policies and hence new urban experience, it calls for theoretical perspectives that can speak to these challenging changes.

This groundbreaking title is a must for anyone interested in urban life and its rapid movements. It will be especially useful for students and researchers in urban sociology, planning, geography, urban and regional development and urban studies


Contributor Bio(s): Fujita, Kuniko: - Kuniko Fujita has taught industrial sociology, urban sociology and globalization at Michigan State University, Japanese and comparative political economy at the National University of Singapore, and international division of labor at Hiroshima University. She also worked with the World Bank and is the past president (2006-2010) of the ISA group Urban and Regional Development Research.