This book is a fresh and engaging analysis of the city as a
central concept in contemporary social thought. It probes the
contested and negotiated ways in which cities are built,
understood, lived and imagined. Taking a thematic approach and
drawing on a range of theoretical, methodological and empirical
points of reference, it examines such subjects as urban inequality,
public space, creative cities, globalization, the night-time
economy, suburbia, and memory and emotion.
In The City Deborah Stevenson argues that, as theories
and concepts shape what is known about cities and urban life, it is
necessary to build conceptual frameworks that engage with the
intersections and tensions between urban processes and trends, as
well as with the complexities of everyday urban life.
This book’s combination of original insight and critical
synthesis will make it an invaluable contribution for an
international, interdisciplinary readership of students and
scholars in sociology, geography, urban studies and wider social
science and the humanities.
Table of Content
Preface
Chapter 1: Theoretical City: Concepts and Frameworks
Chapter 2: Material City: Economies and Inequalities
Chapter 3: Everyday City: Diversity and Predictability
Chapter 4: Dark City: Regulation and Stimulation
Chapter 5: Emotional City: Memory, Belief and Passion
Chapter 6: Global City: Hierarchies and the Urban
‘Other’
Chapter 7: Imagined City: Visions and Brands
Chapter 8: Concepts of the City and Beyond
Bibliography
About the author
Deborah Stevenson is Professor of Sociology and Urban Cultural Research in the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney.
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