Contemporary Urban Sociology [Paperback]

This book provides an up-to-date overview of issues and debates in the field of contemporary urban sociology.This book provides an up-to-date overview of issues and debates in contemporary urban sociology. It is both a guide to, and a critical analysis of, the major theoretical approaches to the field.This book provides an up-to-date overview of issues and debates in contemporary urban sociology. It is both a guide to, and a critical analysis of, the major theoretical approaches to the field.First published in 1993, this book provides an overview of issues and debates in contemporary urban sociology. It reviews critically each of the major theoretical orientations in the field, providing a brief historical introduction to each approach but emphasising the current theoretical debate. Flanagan juxtaposes the approaches of classical urbanism and urban community theory, the urban ecology approach and the postmodern approach and explains their lasting contribution to the field. Adherents of each of these methodologies contribute to debates within the field, making an overview volume all the more necessary.Introduction; 1. Contemporary theories of urbanism and community; 2. Urban ecology and its critics; 3. Urban political economy and its critics; 4. The third world and the world system; 5. Agency, structure, and urban sociology; Bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects.