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    423,95 kr.

    Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison.

  • - Aesthetic Political Action in Montreal
    af Julie-Anne Boudreau & Joelle Rondeau
    356,95 - 857,95 kr.

  • - Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States
    af B Park
    232,95 - 704,95 kr.

    Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations.

  • - Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe
    af Alberta Andreotti, Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes & Patrick Le Gales
    232,95 - 706,95 kr.

    Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies.

  • - Housing Systems, Welfare Regimes and Ethnic Residential Change in Southern European Cities
    af Sonia Arbaci
    232,95 - 864,95 kr.

  • - Emerging Infections in the Global City
     
    927,95 kr.

    A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. .

  • - Towards an Urban Geopolitics
     
    928,95 kr.

    * A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. * Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. * Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence.

  • - Regulating People, Markets, and City Space
     
    892,95 kr.

    The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. aeo Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. aeo Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon.

  • - Globalization and Market Reform
     
    856,95 kr.

    Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.

  • - Contemporary and Future Perspectives
     
    950,95 kr.

    This text aims to provide a contemporary, multi-disciplinary analysis of how the study of urban society is likely to develop during the next millennium. Topics and theories investigated include the widespread influence of political economy perspectives and other non-Marxist approaches.

  • - A Comparative Perspective
    af Sophie (University of Paris) Body-Gendrot
    419,95 kr.

    * Contemporary advanced societies. * Informed by extensive fieldwork, including interviews with mayors, judges, police officers, community leaders and grass--roots organizations.

  •  
    333,95 kr.

    Divided Cities is the comparative analysis of New York and London which many have been waiting for. Wider in scope and richer in detailthan any previous study, this work provides the best introduction available to these pre--eminent world cities.

  • - The Politics of Global Adjustment
    af John K. (University of California) Walton
    427,95 kr.

    Describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the period from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, in response to the mounting debt crisis and the austerity measures widely adopted as part of economic 'reform' and 'adjustment'.

  • - Urban and Regional Change and Conflict in Post-Socialist Societies
     
    899,95 kr.

    The collapse of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the emergence of new political, social and economic structures has had a profound impact on various aspects of these societies. This book examines the impact of the social revolution. It is intended for those interested in transition from state socialism to capitalism.

  • - Emerging Infections in the Global City
     
    422,95 kr.

    A collection of writings by leading experts and newer researchers on the SARS outbreak and its relation to infectious disease management in progressively global and urban societies. .

  • - Free Movement and Mobility in an Integrating Europe
    af Adrian Favell
    395,95 - 704,95 kr.

    The European Union is founded on the idea of free movement. A generation of West European citizens - referred to by the author as 'Eurostars' - have pioneered a new kind of highly skilled and educated migration.

  • - Urban and Regional Change and Conflict in Post-Socialist Societies
    af G Andrusz
    431,95 kr.

    * The first significant analysis of "Post-Socialist" Cities and their role in the more general transition. * Brings together new contributions from leading commentators in the field - drawn from Europe and America.

  •  
    927,95 kr.

    Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison.

  • - Contemporary and Future Perspectives
     
    407,95 kr.

    This cutting--edge, multi--disciplinary analysis looks ahead to the direction which urban studies is likely to take during the twenty--first century.

  • - Globalization and Market Reform
     
    376,95 kr.

    Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China.

  • - The Politics of Ethnic Minorities in British and French Cities
    af Romain Garbaye
    395,95 - 897,95 kr.

    This book presents a comparison of the patterns of ethnic minority politics in British and French city politics. A comparison of the participation of ethnic minorities in British and French cities. Includes direct comparisons of particular cities Birmingham, Lille and Roubaix.

  • - Towards an Urban Geopolitics
     
    427,95 kr.

    * A path--breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism and cities. * Argues that contemporary cities are the key strategic sites of geopolitical conflict. * Written by the world's leading analysts of the intersections of urban space and military and terrorist violence.

  • - A Sociology of Consumption
    af John Clammer
    388,95 - 841,95 kr.

    * The first systematic sociological study of urban Japan by a western scholar. * Breaks methodological and conceptual ground by exploring contemporary Japanese urban lifestyles through an analysis of consumption behaviour. .

  • - Gender at Work in the City
    af Linda McDowell
    467,95 - 916,95 kr.

    * Cross--disciplinary approach provides a unique insight into the financial services sector. * Theoretical framework and summary is supported by empirical studies of the City after the Big Bang. * Illustrations support the text. .

  • - A Reader
    af A Amin
    545,95 kr.

    Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post--Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial debates over the nature of capitalisma s newest age.

  • - Regulating People, Markets, and City Space
    af HOFFMAN
    396,95 kr.

    The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. aeo Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. aeo Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon.

  • - Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context
    af M Shiel
    429,95 kr.

    * Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. .

  • af Manuel B. Aalbers
    232,95 - 704,95 kr.

    * Provides an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of mortgage market exclusion and the practice of redlining - a tacit agreement among lending institutions to delineate sections of cities into areas where no home mortgages are to be issued * Explores exclusion in mortgage markets across three different countries - the U.

  • - Social Rented Housing in Europe and America
    af Michael (Essex University) Harloe
    558,95 kr.

    Examines the development of social rented housing over the years in Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA. This work shows how social housing policies and outcomes have been shaped by broader societal forces - political conflict, economic modernisation, and, also the growth of inequality and social polarization.

  • - Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities
    af Linda McDowell
    414,95 - 704,95 kr.

    Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies.

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