Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life. The themes of urban sociology have been the concerns of the Welfare State and, despite radical inputs, the discipline has remained tied up with the assumptions and methodological precepts of liberalism. The author's contention is that urbanization should be analysed in the framework of the political economy of regional development. This book was first published in 1977.
Urban Sociology in an Urbanized Society
Urban sociology in an urbanized society
The book concludes with a comprehensive evaluation of Wirth and his critics. This book was first published in 1968.
Problems of an Urban Society
The city in an urbanized society is likely to be very different from the village in a society which is not urbanized; it may be much less clearly distinguishable from a village in the same urbanized society. It is therefore important ...
Cummings, S. (2011, March). Race, ethnicity, and homeownership, Paper presented at the 2011 ... In A. Berube, B. Katz, & R. Lang (Eds.), Redefining urban & suburban America, pp. 93–118. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
These parts also discuss the notion of a rural-urban continuum and the process of adjustment to an urban system in Africa. This book will prove useful to sociologists and researchers.
The Sociology of Community. A Selection of Readings Edited and Introduced by Colin Bell and Howard Newby ... With a...
Using Nanjing as a central case, the author shows that, prompted by this contradiction, the actions and creations of urban residents transformed the city on multiple levels.
Watson, Rubie. 1988. “Remembering the Dead: Graves and Politics in Southeastern China.” In Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern ... In Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives, edited by Fulong Wu and Christopher J ...