"Twenty years after publication, Urban Fortunes remains the best book on urban sociology around. Starting from a political economy analysis, Logan and Molotch develop a picture of the formative processes creating the contemporary American city while managing to avoid the pitfalls of determinism."--Susan Fainstein, Harvard University
"Twenty years after publication, Urban Fortunes remains the best book on urban sociology around. Starting from a political economy analysis, Lo...
Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking place in Chinese cities.
Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking ...
Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking place in Chinese cities.
Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking ...
This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this volume compare urban development in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring. The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming cities from industrial concentrations to postindustrial service centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are heavily involved in the restructuring process.
Contributors: Pierre Clavel, Susan...
This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this ...
Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources.
Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China
Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations
Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics,...
Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of...
Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources.
Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China
Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations
Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics,...
Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of...
While many studies focus on the impact of social change on younger generations, "FGamily Ties" deals comprehensively with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and reveals misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. Glenna D. Spitze and John R. Logan offer conclusive evidence that relationships between parents and their adult children remain intact and challenge other myths of isolation and neglect of the older generation. The authors reveal that parents are not dependent on help from their grown children, as was previously assumed; in fact...
While many studies focus on the impact of social change on younger generations, "FGamily Ties" deals comprehensively with family relationships over a ...
Reflecting upon the critics voice about the deterioration of the American family, this book deals with family relationships over a longer period of the life cycle and aims to reveal misconceptions about grown children caring for their aging parents. It also refutes the conception that parents are dependent on help from their grown children.
Reflecting upon the critics voice about the deterioration of the American family, this book deals with family relationships over a longer period of th...
