This is an important book. In a whole series of ways this study of contemporary Naples will set a bench-mark for urban studies and the way urban history is carried out. It is a book about Naples and thus about the particularities and peculiarities of that specific city. However, this is also a book which goes way beyond Naples itself. It has a lot to tell us about the way the city can and should be studied - about urban studies methodologies - and in this area it is highly original and in some ways sets a new agenda for other researchers, historians, anthropologists, ethnologists, and...
This is an important book. In a whole series of ways this study of contemporary Naples will set a bench-mark for urban studies and the way urban hi...
"Recognising Naples' uniqueness, Dines supplies theoretical and analytical tools for understanding urban regeneration..., thus fostering the kind of case study-focused ethnographic research that meets the urgent need to think across different urban experiences. Each case study presented in the book invites reflection upon the implications of political discourses about public space, as well as upon the rhetoric of participation and inclusiveness. Collectively, the case studies show the importance of considering different social groups' divergent ideas and uses of space when studying spatial...
"Recognising Naples' uniqueness, Dines supplies theoretical and analytical tools for understanding urban regeneration..., thus fostering the kind o...