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.

罗伯托·曼加贝拉·昂格尔(Roberto Mangabeira Unger)，巴西政治家、社会理论家、哈佛大学法学院教授，批判法学运动的重要代表。他的一系列有关哲学、社会理论、政治学、法学的著作具有广泛影响力，其学说为重建社会政治秩序奠定了全新的哲学和理论基础。他被《纽约时报》誉为"永不疲倦的远见卓识者"。佩里·安德森称他为"从第三世界走出的哲学天才，并进而成为第一世界的福音传播者和预言家"。主要著作:《觉醒的自我:解放的实用主义》，哈佛大学出版社2007年版;《政治学:建构性社会理论论纲》(三卷本)，剑桥大学出版社1987年版;《批判放学运动》，哈佛大学出版社1986年版;《现代社会中的法律》，自由出版社1976年版。

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)

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)