Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective

by Shannon, Thomas R.; Kleniewski, Nancy; Cross, William M.

• ISBN13: 9781577661955
• ISBN10: 1577661958
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

Summary

This text gives students an authoritative overview of U.S. urban history & the central theoretical issues in urban society.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Origins of the Urban Crisis	1	(36)
Outline of Topics	1	(2)
The Rise of the Industrial City	3	(6)
The Human Ecology of the Industrial City	9	(6)
Cities in Transition: 1920--1945	15	(1)
At the Crossroads: The Industrial City in 1945	16	(2)
Suburbanization and the Rise of Megalopolis: 1945--1970	18	(8)
The Decline of the Old Central Cities	26	(5)
Evaluation	31	(1)
Main Points	31	(2)
Key Terms	33	(1)
Suggested Reading	34	(1)
Endnotes	35	(2)
Patterns of Regional and Metropolitan Growth	37	(26)
Outline of Topics	37	(1)
Changing Patterns of Regional Growth	38	(6)
Causes of Regional Growth	44	(5)
Metropolitan Growth and Change	49	(7)
Theoretical Perspectives on Growth	56	(4)
Main Points	60	(1)
Key Terms	61	(1)
Suggested Reading	61	(2)
The Nature of Urban Life: The Myth of the City	63	(28)
Outline of Topics	63	(1)
The Classical View of the Consequences of Urbanization	64	(12)
The Classical View Reconsidered	76	(8)
More Recent Research	84	(2)
Evaluation	86	(1)
Main Points	87	(1)
Key Terms	88	(1)
Suggested Reading	89	(2)
Problems of the Disadvantaged	91	(38)
Outline of Topics	91	(1)
Urban Poverty	92	(5)
Understanding Urban Poverty: Two Approaches	97	(11)
Status of African Americans	108	(14)
The New Immigrant Groups	122	(4)
Main Points	126	(1)
Key Terms	127	(1)
Suggested Reading	128	(1)
Housing and Urban Decay	129	(26)
Outline of Topics	129	(1)
Housing Deprivation	130	(7)
Government Housing Policies	137	(8)
Urban Decay	145	(6)
Main Points	151	(1)
Key Terms	152	(1)
Suggested Reading	153	(2)
Transportation	155	(26)
Outline of Topics	155	(1)
The Contemporary Urban Transportation System: The Automobile	156	(5)
Other Characteristics of Urban Transportation	161	(2)
Evaluating the Urban Transportation System	163	(3)
Transportation Alternatives	166	(11)
Evaluation	177	(1)
Main Points	178	(1)
Key Terms	178	(1)
Suggested Reading	179	(2)
Urban Political Systems	181	(30)
Outline of Topics	181	(1)
Structural Constraints on Urban Government	182	(10)
Pressures on Urban Governments: The Influence System	192	(12)
Policy Trends in Large Cities	204	(4)
Main Points	208	(1)
Key Terms	209	(1)
Suggested Reading	210	(1)
Urban Government: The Delivery of Services	211	(48)
Outline of Topics	211	(1)
Physical Services	212	(12)
Social Welfare Services	224	(6)
Education	230	(13)
Criminal Justice	243	(12)
Main Points	255	(1)
Key Terms	256	(1)
Suggested Reading	257	(2)
Urban Problems in Other Societies	259	(38)
Outline of Topics	259	(1)
Western Europe	260	(7)
Japan	267	(7)
Eastern Europe	274	(8)
The Third World	282	(11)
Main Points	293	(2)
Key Terms	295	(1)
Suggested Reading	296	(1)
Urban Problems in Perspective	297	(24)
Outline of Topics	297	(1)
Urban Conditions in a Global Context	298	(3)
Urban Problems in an Historical Context	301	(10)
The Urban Future: Emerging City Functions in a Global Division of Labor	311	(7)
Main Points	318	(1)
Suggested Reading	319	(2)
Bibliography	321	(28)
Index	349