Urban sociology in an urbanized society
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Bibliographic Information
Urban sociology in an urbanized society
（Routledge library editions, . The city . Sociology of the city）
Routledge, 2007, c1977
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge & kegan Paul, 1977
ISBN for The city: 9780415413183, 0415413184; ISBN for Sociology of the city: 9780415419314, 041541931X
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-300) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life. The themes of urban sociology have been the concerns of the Welfare State and, despite radical inputs, the discipline has remained tied up with the assumptions and methodological precepts of liberalism. The author's contention is that urbanization should be analysed in the framework of the political economy of regional development.
This book was first published in 1977.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Part 1 The British experience
- Chapter 2 The British experiment
- Chapter 3 The modern big city
- Chapter 4 The housing question
- Chapter 5 The practice of planning
- Part 2 Theories of urbanization
- Chapter 6 The critique of metropolis
- Chapter 7 The Chicago School: urban experience
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