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9781412921619

Theories of Urban Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9781412921619

  • ISBN10:

    1412921619

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-04
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Fully expanded and updated, the Second Edition of the successful Theories of Urban Politics provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to and evaluation of the theoretical approaches to urban governance. Restructured into four new parts - power, governance, citizens, challenges - the Second Edition reflects developments in the field over the last decade, with newly commissioned chapters updating and adding to the theoretical material included in the First Edition . With contributions from many of the key figures in urban theory today, this text will be required reading on all urban politics, urban planning and public administration courses.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Urban Politics in the 21st Century
Prologue
Why Study Urban Politics?
Power
The History of Community Power
Urban Regime Analysis
Marxism and Urban Politics
'Posty' Urban Political Theory
Governance
New Institutionalism and Urban Politics
Regionalism and Urban Politics
Urban Political Leadership
Governance and Urban Bureaucracy
Globalization and Urbanism in the Non-Western World
Citizens
Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion
Race and Urban Political Theory
Gender and Sexuality
Social Capital
Urban Social Movements
Challenges
Who is Governed? Local Citizens and the Political Order of Cities
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