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x, 342 p. ill. ; 26 cm. Preface , vii -- Acknowledgments , viii -- Introduction : Contemporary Issues in Urban Sociology 1 -- Part I : Recent Theoretical Perspectives on Cities and Society 15 -- 1 The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place / Harvey Molotch 17 -- 2 Urban Restructuring : A Critical View / John R . Logan and Todd Swanstrom 28 -- 3 Space and Status / Daphne Spain 43 -- 4 Los Angeles and the Chicago School : Invitation to a Debate / Michael Dear 54 -- 5 Modernity , Post - modernity and Urban Culture / Mike Savage and Alan Warde 72 -- Part II : Globalization and Its Impact on Cities 81 -- 6 Overview of Global Cities / Saskia Sassen 83 -- 7 The Urban - Rural Interface and Migration / Alan Gilbert and Josef Gugler 91 -- 8 Community , Ethnicity , and Urban Sociology / Jan Lin 100 -- 9 The New Urban Reality / Roger Waldinger 110 -- 10 The Return of the Sweatshop / Edna Bonacich and Richard P. Appelbaum 127 -- Part III : The Changing Urban Economy 145 -- 11 Understanding Homelessness : From Global to Local / Jennifer Wolch and Michael Dear 147 -- 12 Economic Restructuring and Redevelopment / Susan S . Fainstein 167 -- 13 Gentrification , Cuisine, and the Critical Infrastructure : Power and Centrality Downtown / Sharon Zukin 183 -- 14 Gazing on History / John Urry 195 -- 15 Neo – Bohemia : Art and Neighborhood Redevelopment in Chicago / Richard Lloyd 215 -- Part IV : Urban Policy Choices 231 -- 16 Chaos or Community ? Directions for Public Policy / Paul A. Jargowsky 233 -- 17 The Missing Link / Douglas S . Massey and Nancy A . Denton 252 -- 18 Fortress LA / Mike Davis 267 -- 19 Economic Inequality and Public Policy : The Power of Place / Todd Swanstrom , Peter Dreier , and John Mollenkopf 284 -- 20 The Challenge of Urban Sprawl / Thad Williamson , David Imbroscio , and Gar Alpero 303 -- Index 330 -- edited by Nancy Kleniewski. Includes bibliographical references and index. Sociology urban Urban policy Urban economics Cities and towns Globalization HT108 C523 2005 307.76 1405102314 9781405102315 9781405102322 2004050167 pucpr 011210 20250321103848.0 eng