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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: AbdouMaliq Simone (Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK)Publisher: Routledge Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781282975279ISBN 10: 1282975277 Pages: 422 Publication Date: 01 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsLucid and lyrical, City Life from Jarkarta to Dakar reveals what is unknown to most of urban sociology: the globally interconnected everyday life of our cities. Simone's compelling narratives coalesce into a brilliant new analytics for understanding how people, despite all odds, struggle to make cities their own. ?Michael Goldman, Sociology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota AbdouMaliq Simone is one of the most important interlocuters of contemporary urbanism. In provocative fashion, his work shows how the poetics of everyday urban life is also an extraordinary politics of resilience, speculation, and accumulation. Ananya Roy, City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley Simone is one of the most influential and original urban thinkers writing today. This book breaks new ground in the comparative analysis of cities in the global South raising questions that cut across both theory and practice in a variety of unexpected and imaginative ways. <p> Lucid and lyrical, City Life from Jarkarta to Dakar reveals what is unknown to most of urban sociology: the globally interconnected everyday life of our cities. Simone's compelling narratives coalesce into a brilliant new analytics for understanding how people, despite all odds, struggle to make cities their own. ?Michael Goldman, Sociology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota <p> AbdouMaliq Simone is one of the most important interlocuters of contemporary urbanism. In provocative fashion, his work shows how the poetics of everyday urban life is also an extraordinary politics of resilience, speculation, and accumulation. Ananya Roy, City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley <p> Simone is one of the most influential and original urban thinkers writing today. This book breaks new ground in the comparative analysis of cities in the global South raising questions that cut across both theory and practice in a variety of unexpected and imaginative ways. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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