Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFirst published in 1986. For this new edition of Social Theory and the Urban Question Peter Saunders has updated the text to take account of major theoretical developments in the 1980s and has also considerably developed his own approach. Three chapters have been completely rewritten and others have been appropriately revised. The revisions ensure that Social Theory and the Urban Question will retain its position as a major textbook in urban sociology and an important contribution to the development of urban social theory. The book begins with a review of the ways in which Weber, Durkheim, Marx and Engels approached the analysis of the city. It goes on to consider the four major theoretical approaches which have been developed in twentieth-century urban sociology - those of human ecology, cultural theories, neo-Weberianism and neo-Marxism. Recent innovations and new directions arising out of the work of contemporary writers such as Castells, Pahl, Harvey and Giddens are discussed and evaluated, and the book concludes by identifying a new 'sociology of consumption' which may now be emerging in the urban studies literature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter SaundersPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 2nd edition Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780415091169ISBN 10: 0415091160 Pages: 394 Publication Date: 11 September 1986 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction to the second edition, 1. Social theory, capitalism and the urban question, 2. The urban as an ecological community, 3 The urban as a cultural form, 4. The urban as a socio-spatial system, 5. The urban as ideology, 6. The urban as a spatial unit of collective consumption, 7. A non-spatial urban sociology?, 8. From urban social theory to a sociology of consumption, Appendix: A note on the empirical testing of theories, Further reading, References, IndexReviews`It can be strongly recommended ... clearly written, well documented and, above all, highly stimulating.' - Critical Social Policy `Saunders has been one of a small group of British writers ... who have pushed urban studies into a new period of vigorous growth.' - Urban Studies Author InformationPeter Saunders Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
