Urban Politics

A critical exploration of global, contemporary urban politics in a geographical context.

Informationen zum Autor Mark Davidson is Associate Professor of Geography at Clark University in Massachusetts. Deborah Martin is Professor of Geography at Clark University in Massachusetts. Klappentext "Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world... Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction"- Setha M. Low, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York"A critical analysis of power and politics is essential to an understanding of contemporary urbanism. Informative and challenging, clear and sophisticated, Urban Politics: Critical Approaches encourages readers to grapple with the great diversity of analytical lenses that frame urban political research through detailed, engaging case studies"- Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University This critical, thought provoking discussion of contemporary urban politics places key issues in a geographical context. Divided into three sections: The urban as political setting The urban as political medium The urban as political community The text provides a thorough theoretical grounding with an extensive thematic overview. This unique approach links classical, institutional urban politics with a broader set of urban politics and practices. With case study material integrated throughout, and consideration given to the discussion of different urban politics from multiple theoretical perspectives, this is a completely up to date overview for students of urban geography, urban studies, urban sociology, and of course, urban politics. Zusammenfassung A critical exploration of global! contemporary urban politics in a geographical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Thinking Critically about Urban Politics - Mark Davidson and Deborah Martin PART ONE: CITY AS SETTING The Neighbourhood as a Place for (Urban) Politics - Katherine Hankins and Deborah Martin Splintered Governance: Urban Politics in the Twenty First Century - Kevin Ward Ruthless: The Foreclosure of American Urban Politics - Elvin Wyly and Kathe Newman PART TWO: CITY AS MEDIUM Policing the City - Kurt Iveson Mayors and the Representation of Urban Politics - Donald McNeill Making Urban Politics Go Away: The Role of Legally Mandated Planning Processes in Occluding City Power - John Carr PART THREE: CITY AS COMMUNITY Queering the City: Sexual Citizenship in Creative City Singapore - Natalie Oswin Making Space in the Multicultural City: Immigrant Settlements, Neighbourhoods and Urban Politics - Jamie Winders The Embedded Politics of Entrepreneurs - Susan Hanson Is Class Relevant to Urban Politics? - Mark Davidson The Urban Imaginary of Nature: Cities in American Environmental Politics - Matthew Huber Urban Politics as Parallax - Deborah Martin and Mark Davidson ...

Autorentext
Mark Davidson is Associate Professor of Geography at Clark University in Massachusetts. Deborah Martin is Professor of Geography at Clark University in Massachusetts.

Klappentext
"Offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world... Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction" - Setha M. Low, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York "A critical analysis of power and politics is essential to an understanding of contemporary urbanism. Informative and challenging, clear and sophisticated, Urban Politics: Critical Approaches encourages readers to grapple with the great diversity of analytical lenses that frame urban political research through detailed, engaging case studies" - Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University This critical, thought provoking discussion of contemporary urban politics places key issues in a geographical context. Divided into three sections:

• The urban as political setting
• The urban as political medium

• The urban as political community

  The text provides a thorough theoretical grounding with an extensive thematic overview. This unique approach links classical, institutional urban politics with a broader set of urban politics and practices.

  With case study material integrated throughout, and consideration given to the discussion of different urban politics from multiple theoretical perspectives, this is a completely up to date overview for students of urban geography, urban studies, urban sociology, and of course, urban politics.

  Zusammenfassung
  A critical exploration of global, contemporary urban politics in a geographical context.

  Inhalt

  Thinking Critically about Urban Politics - Mark Davidson and Deborah Martin
  PART ONE: CITY AS SETTING
  The Neighbourhood as a Place for (Urban) Politics - Katherine Hankins and Deborah Martin
  Splintered Governance: Urban Politics in the Twenty First Century - Kevin Ward
  Ruthless: The Foreclosure of American Urban Politics - Elvin Wyly and Kathe Newman
  PART TWO: CITY AS MEDIUM
  Policing the City - Kurt Iveson
  Mayors and the Representation of Urban Politics - Donald McNeill
  Making Urban Politics Go Away: The Role of Legally Mandated Planning Processes in Occluding City Power - John Carr
  PART THREE: CITY AS COMMUNITY
  Queering the City: Sexual Citizenship in Creative City Singapore - Natalie Oswin
  Making Space in the Multicultural City: Immigrant Settlements, Neighbourhoods and Urban Politics - Jamie Winders
  The Embedded Politics of Entrepreneurs - Susan Hanson
  Is Class Relevant to Urban Politics? - Mark Davidson
  The Urban Imaginary of Nature: Cities in American Environmental Politics - Matthew Huber
  Urban Politics as Parallax - Deborah Martin and Mark Davidson