Urban politics critical approaches / edited by Mark Davidson & Deborah Martin.
| Other author | Davidson, Mark, 1979- |
| Other author | Martin, Deborah (Geographer) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2014. |
| Description | xiv, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking critically about urban politics / Deborah Martin -- SECTION 1 CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to City as Setting / Deborah Martin -- 2. The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Deborah Martin -- 3. Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Kevin Ward -- 4. Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / Kathe Newman -- SECTION 2 CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to City as Medium / Deborah Martin -- 5. Policing the city / Kurt Iveson -- 6. Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Donald McNeill -- 7. Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / John Carr -- SECTION 3 CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to City as Community / Mark Davidson -- 8. Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Natalie Oswin -- 9. Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / Jamie Winders -- 10. The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Susan Hanson -- 11. Is class relevant to urban politics? / Mark Davidson -- 12. The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Matthew Huber -- 13. Urban politics as parallax / Mark Davidson. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013936854 |
| ISBN | 9780857023971 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0857023977 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780857023988 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0857023985 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |