Urban theory beyond the West : a world of cities / edited by Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne.
Edensor, Tim, 1957-; Jayne, Mark, 1970-
2012
HT113 .U73 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Urban theory beyond the West : a world of cities / edited by Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne.
ISBN 9780415589765 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415589762 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780415589758 (alk. paper)
0415589754 (alk. paper)
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, c2012.
Language English
Description xvii, 382 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number HT113 .U73 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.7601
Summary Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the continuing focus of urban studies on cities in 'the Global North'. Urban Theory Beyond the West contains twenty chapters from leading scholars, raising important theoretical issues about cities throughout the world. Past and current conceptual developments are reviewed and organized into four parts: 'De-centring the City' offers critical perspectives on re-imagining urban theoretical debates through consideration of the diversity and heterogeneity of city life; 'Order/Disorder' focuses on the political, physical and everyday ways in which cities are regulated and used in ways that confound this ordering; 'Mobilities' explores the movements of people, ideas and policy in cities and between them and 'Imaginaries' investigates how urbanity is differently perceived and experienced. There are three kinds of chapters published in this volume: theories generated about urbanity 'beyond the West'; critiques, reworking or refining of 'Western' urban theory based upon conceptual reflection about cities from around the world and hybrid approaches that develop both of these perspectives. Urban Theory Beyond the West offers a critical and accessible review of theoretical developments, providing an original and groundbreaking contribution to urban theory. It is essential reading for students and practitioners interested in urban studies, development studies and geography.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-371) and index.
Added Author Edensor, Tim, 1957-
Jayne, Mark, 1970-
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Introduction: urban theory beyond 'the West'
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China exceptionalism? Unbounding narratives on urban China
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Urbanism, colonialism, and subalternity
Governing cities without states? Rethinking urban political theories in Asia
Public parks in the Americas: New York City and Buenos Aires
An illness called Managua: 'extraordinary' urbanisation and 'mal-development' in Nicaragua
The concept of privacy and space in Kurdish cities
The networked city: popular modernizers and urban transformation in Morelia, Mexico, 1880-1955
Distinctly Delhi: affect and exclusion in a crowded city
Shanghai borderlands: the rise of a new urbanity?
Contemporary urban culture in Latin America: everyday life in Santiago, Chile
Urban (im)mobility: public encounters in Dubai
Reality tours: experiencing the 'real thing' in Rio de Janeiro's favelas
Modern warfare and theorization of the Middle Eastern city
Reading Thai community: reformation and fragmentation
Urban political ecology in the global south: everyday environmental struggles of home in Managua, Nicaragua
Spectral Kinshasa: building the city through an architecture of words
Afterword: a world of cities.

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