Understanding the City : contemporary and future perspectives. / txt edited by John Eade and Christopher Mele. - xvi, 423 p. ill. ; map ; 24 cm. book - Studies in urban and social change .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
List of Illustrations viii --
List of Tables ix --
List of Contributors x --
Series Editors ' Preface xv --
Preface xvii --
Part I : Introduction 1 --
1 Understanding the City John Eade and Christopher Mele 1 --
Part II : A Middle Ground ? Difference , Social Justice , and the City 25 --
2 Rescripting Cities with Difference Ruth Fincher , Jane M . Jacobs , and Kay Anderson 27 --
3 The Public City Sophie Watson 49 --
4 Social Justice and the South African City David M . Smith 66 --
5 The Dangerous Others: Changing Views on Urban Risks and Violence in France and the United States Sophie Body - Gendrot 82 --
Part III: The Global and Local , the Information Age , and American Metropolitan Development 107 --
6 Power in Place : Retheorizing the Local and the Global Michael Peter Smith 109 --
7 Depoliticizing Globalization: From Neo-Marxism to the Network Society of Manuel Castells Peter Marcuse 131 --
8 Urban Analysis as Merchandising : The " LA School " and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development Mark Gottdrener 159 --
Part IV: Urban Research in Particular Regions of the Globe 181 --
9 State Socialism, Post-socialism, and their Urban Patterns : Theorizing the Central and Eastern European Experience Chris Pickvance 183 --
10 The China Difference : City Studies Under Socialism and Beyond Dorothy J . Solinger and Kam Wing Chan 204 --
11 Economic Miracles and Megacities : The Japanese Model and Urbanization in East and Southeast Asia J . S . Eades 222 --
Part V: Urban Processes and City Contexts : India and the Middle East 245 --
12 Cities of the Past and Cities of the Future : Theorizing the Indian Metropolis of Bangalore Smriti Srinivas 247 --
13 The Syntax of Jerusalem: Urban Morphology , Culture , and Power Shlomo Hasson 278 --
14 Muslim Civil Society in Urban Public Spaces : Globalization , Discursive Shifts , and Social Movements Paul M. Lubeck and Bryana Britts 305 --
Part VI: Urban Processes and City Contexts : The United States 337 --
15 The Bullriders of Silicon Alley : New Media Circuits of Innovation , Speculation , and Urban Development Michael Indergaard 339 --
16 Fear and Lusting in Las Vegas and New York : Sex , Political Economy , and Public Space Alexander J . Reichl 363 --
17 Efficacy or Legitimacy of Community Power ? A Reassessment of Corporate Elites in Urban Studies Leonard Nevarez 379 --
18 Dream Factory Redux : Mass Culture , Symbolic Sites , and Redevelopment in Hollywood Jan Lin 397 --
Index 419 --
Illustrations:
12.1 Map of South Asian urban sites and places associated with the Sai Baba movement 248 --
12.2 Map of the Bangalore metropolitan area in 1995 255 --
12.3 Shivamma Thayee ' s house and temple constructed by her in Rupena Agrahara 261 --
12.4 The black stone image of Shirdi Sai Baba in Rupena Agrahara 262 --
12.5 The Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Someshvarapura 264 --
12.6 Sathya Sai Baba ( left ) and Shirdi Sai Baba ( right ) 267 --
12.7 Sai Darshan in Indiranagar 270 --
13.1 Map of the cities of Jerusalem 280 --
Tables:
9.1 The housing situation of different occupational groups in two provincial cities in Hungary in 1968 189 --
14.1 Population trends of major Muslim cities 306 --
14.2 Gender , education , and labor force participation 326 --
18.1 Domestic box - office market shares 404 --
18.2 Diverse media and entertainment conglomerates 405 --


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