What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities.
Careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities.
Examines the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how this has changed over the last century.
Interweaves a detailed study of the history...
What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to a...
Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirically difficult to work with. Building on existing theories of community, Talja Blokland offers an important contribution to defining and understanding this key theme.
Blokland argues that there has been too much focus on community as a stable construct, formed by durable relationships with kin, friends, social groups or neighbours. She draws attention to the non-durable, fluid encounters that constitute community, theorizing communities as shared urban practices in a globalizing world. The book...
Community is a central idea in urban studies but remains conceptually vague and empirically difficult to work with. Building on existing theories of c...
