Overlooked Cities reflects and impacts the changing landscape of urban studies and geography from the perspective of smaller and more regional cities in the urban South. It critically examines the ways in which cities are uniquely positioned within different urban and knowledge hierarchies. The book unpacks the dynamics of “overlooked-ness” in these cities, identifies emerging ...(展开全部)

Traditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.

Traditional models, radical interpretations and post-modern concerns are synthesized in this accessible and evocative account of the central issues of contemporary urbanism and city life.

This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the rest of the world has been perforated through urban encroa...(展开全部)

Why are cities centres of power? A sociological analysis of urban politics In this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist Göran Therborn offers a tour of the world’s major capital cities, showing how they have been shaped by national, popular, and global forces. Their stories begin with the emergence of various kind...(展开全部)

This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in the United States, focusing on three key factors: uniquely fragmented and decentralized political institutions; an interest grou...(展开全部)

作者：彼得·桑德斯，萨塞克斯大学社会学荣誉教授，自由职业顾问，独立作家。曾任悉尼独立研究中心社会研究所主任，墨尔本的澳大利亚家庭研究所任调研经理。除《城市政治》之外，他还出版了多本著作，例如，《社会理论与城市问题》2013年、《重建业主之国：英国的房产权出了什么问题？如何根治》（2016年）、《平等行业的崛起》（2011年）、《社会流动的神话》（2010年）、《社会阶级及其划分》（2006年）。 译者：夏家驷，教授，文学硕士。现任北京理工大学珠海学院外国语学院英语系责任教授，广东省翻译协会第六届理事会理事。历任华南农业大学外国语学院副院长、英语系主任、英语专业首席教师、教学名师，历年国家社科基金通讯评委。华中师范大学外国语学院英语系77级、82届毕业生，上海复旦大学外文系孙骊教授的访问学者，美国加州理工州立大学高级访问学者。2017年与时汶共同出版专...(展开全部)

In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Europe and the United States and covers such issues as 'non-decision making' and...(展开全部)

Edward Said has long been considered one of the world’s most compelling public intellectuals, taking on a remarkable array of topics with his many publications. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like Power, Politics, and Culture , a collection of interviews from the last three decades. In these twenty-eight interviews, Said ...(展开全部)

We live in an algorithmic society. Algorithms have become the main mediator through which power is enacted in our society. This book brings together three academic fields – Public Administration, Criminal Justice and Urban Governance – into a single conceptual framework, and offers a broad cultural-political analysis, addressing critical and ethical issues of algorithms. Editor...(展开全部)