Description
As economic, political, and cultural centers, cities are at the heart of most contemporary societies, as they have been for millennia. In spite of the Cassandras who periodically lament their demise or imminent death, cities have a way of coming back from their low points-of surviving economic crises, outmigration, and vexing social dilemmas. Today, many large US cities once thought to be dying have rebounded not only because of economic restructuring or high-tech industries but also because of the vigor of new migrants coming into the urban system. Significantly, the ongoing boom-bust cycles in the cities are linked ultimately to major decisions made by those at the helm of the now globalized system of contemporary capitalism. In this book, Joe R. Feagin assesses urban questions from the 'new urban sociology' perspective that has developed since the 1980s. One of the leading figures in this tradition of thought, Feagin places class and racial domination at the heart of the analysis of city life, change, and development. His approach takes into account political-economic histories and the rise and fall of their social institutions; the character and impact of their underlying systems of capitalism, racism, and patriarchy; and how these dynamics play out in the everyday lives of contemporary urbanites. Framing urban questions this way not only puts the actions of elites at the forefront of analysis, but also raises questions about their ill-gotten privileges. It features the historical conditions and institutions that protect class and racial privileges-making it clear why people in cities rebel and why we as social scientists must take a lesson from these urban rebellions, focusing future research on large-scale urban transformation.
Table of Contents
Part 2 I. Cities in Global Perspective
Chapter 3 Cities and the New International Division of Labor: An Overview
Chapter 4 The Global Context of Metropolitan Growth: Houston and the Oil Industry
Chapter 5 Extractive Regions in Developed Countries: A Comparative Analysis of the Oil Capitals/ Houston and Aberdeen
Part 6 II. Powerful Economic Actors in City Development
Chapter 7 Cities in Conflict
Chapter 8 Urban Real Estate Speculation: Implications for Social Science and Urban Planning
Chapter 9 Irrationality in Real Estate Investment: The Case of Houston
Part 10 III. The Political Dimension of City Development
Chapter 11 The Corporate Center Strategy: The State in Central Cities
Chapter 12 Arenas of Conflict: Zoning and Land-Use Reform in Critical Political-Economic Perspective
Chapter 13 Are Planners Collective Capitalists? The Cases of Aberdeen and Houston
Part 14 IV. Race, Racism, and City Development
Chapter 15 Slavery Unwilling to Die: The Background of Black Oppression in the 1980s
Chapter 16 The Continuing Significance of Race: Antiblack Discrimination in Public Places
Chapter 17 The Continuing Significance of Racism: Discrimination Against Black Students in White Colleges
Chapter 18 Changing Black Americans to Fit a Racist System?
Part 19 V. Review and Reprise
Chapter 20 Urban Sociology: Feagin Style
Chapter 21 The New Urban Paradigm: Feagin's Contributions
Product details
| Published | 04 Dec 1997 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 384 |
| ISBN | 9781461705017 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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