Cities and Society :  txt 
edited by Nancy Kleniewski.  
 - x, 342 p.  ill. ;  26 cm.  book 
 - Blackwell readers in sociology  13 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface , vii --<br/>Acknowledgments , viii --<br/>Introduction : Contemporary Issues in Urban Sociology  1 --<br/>Part I : Recent Theoretical Perspectives on Cities and Society 15 --<br/>1 The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place / Harvey Molotch 17 --<br/>2 Urban Restructuring : A Critical View  / John R . Logan and Todd Swanstrom 28 --<br/>3 Space and Status / Daphne Spain 43 --<br/>4 Los Angeles and the Chicago School : Invitation to a Debate / Michael Dear 54 --<br/>5 Modernity , Post - modernity and Urban Culture / Mike Savage and Alan Warde 72 --<br/>Part II : Globalization and Its Impact on Cities 81 --<br/>6 Overview of Global Cities / Saskia Sassen 83 --<br/>7 The Urban - Rural Interface and Migration / Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler 91 --<br/>8 Community , Ethnicity , and Urban Sociology / Jan Lin 100 --<br/>9 The New Urban Reality / Roger Waldinger 110 --<br/>10 The Return of the Sweatshop / Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum 127 --<br/>Part III : The Changing Urban Economy 145 --<br/>11 Understanding Homelessness : From Global to Local /  Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear 147 --<br/>12 Economic Restructuring and Redevelopment / Susan S . Fainstein 167 --<br/>13 Gentrification , Cuisine, and the Critical Infrastructure : Power and Centrality Downtown / Sharon Zukin 183 --<br/>14 Gazing on History / John Urry 195 --<br/>15 Neo – Bohemia : Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Chicago / Richard Lloyd 215 --<br/>Part IV : Urban Policy Choices 231 --<br/>16 Chaos or Community ? Directions for Public Policy / Paul A. Jargowsky 233 --<br/>17 The Missing Link / Douglas S . Massey and Nancy A . Denton 252 --<br/>18 Fortress LA / Mike Davis 267 --<br/>19 Economic Inequality and Public Policy : The Power of Place / Todd Swanstrom , Peter Dreier , and John Mollenkopf 284 --<br/> 20 The Challenge of Urban Sprawl / Thad Williamson , David Imbroscio , and Gar Alpero 303 --<br/>Index 330 --<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1405102314 9781405102315 9781405102322 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004050167 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology urban<br/>Urban policy<br/>Urban economics.<br/>Cities and towns<br/>Globalization
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT108  / C523 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.76