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Unruly Cities? Chris Brook

Unruly Cities? By Chris Brook

Unruly Cities? by Chris Brook

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Summary

This textbook challenges the assumption that cities are threatened by disorder from below and that they might be ruled by 'order' imposed from above.

Unruly Cities? Summary

Unruly Cities?: Order/Disorder by Chris Brook

Offers a new and unique way of thinking about cities by rethinking them spatially

Contains readings and extracts that present a wide range of case studies from around the world

Core ideas discussed in detail are indexed in bold

The text is student friendly and is written and designed to be accessible and interactive

All books in the series are interdisciplinary as they draw on a wide range of approaches to urban studies and have authors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds

Unruly Cities? Reviews

`Readable - accessible to undergraduates and certainly interesting to postgraduates...good range of questions and is up-to-date and relavant to current concerns.' - - Malcolm Miles, Oxford Brookes University, UK

`Very good on current social theory, good case studies...excellent photographs and global coverage.' - - Dr David Sibley, Hull University, UK

`...this text provides an illuminating and intelligent understanding of where, how and why such cities persisit.It's use of seminal works and critical analysis is simply inspiring.' - - Dr M Gillen, Northumbria University

An excellent insight into the city - economically, socially, politically and culturally. Essential undergraduate reading Heidi Grainger, Liverpool University

About Chris Brook

Steve Pile is Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University. His publications include The Body and the City (1996) and Geographies of Resistance (1997), co-edited with Michael Keith) and Places through the Body (1998, co-edited with Heidi J. Nast). Chris Brook is Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. His recent books include A Global World? 91995, co-edited with James Anderson and Allan Cochrane) and Asia Pacific in the New World Order (1997, co-edited with Anthony McGrew).
Gerry Mooney is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy in the Department of Applied Social Studies at the University of Paisley. He has published widely on issues relating to developments in Social Policy and in the field of urban studies.

Table of Contents

1. The heterogenity of Cities Steve Pile, Urban 'Disorders' Gerry Mooney, 3. Walled Cities Eugene McLoughlin and John Muncie 4. Divisive Cities Jenny Robinson 5. City Politics Sophie Watson, 6. The Unsustainable City Andy Blowers and Kathy Pain 7. Administered cities Allan Cochrane 8. On Orderings and the City Gerry Mooney, Steve Pile and Christopher Brook

Additional information

GOR012395157
9780415200738
0415200733
Unruly Cities?: Order/Disorder by Chris Brook
Chris Brook
Understanding Cities
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19990506
396
N/A
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