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The Urban Moment
Cosmopolitan Essays on the Late 20th Century City
Edited by:
- Robert A. Beauregard - Columbia University, USA
- Sophie Body-Gendrot - Paris-Sorbonne University, France, CESDIP / CNRS / Ministry of Justice, France
- Line Beauregard
October 1999 | 312 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The modern city extends beyond its physical borders, pervading all aspects of our society. Celebrating 30 years of Sage's Urban Affairs Review, this book examines the state of the city as we enter the 21st century. From an interdisciplinary perspective, critical urban theorists explore a variety of discourses for representing the contemporary city. Considering the city's social and physical articulations, the prospects for continued democracy and civic engagement, and interpretations of a `good city', these essays represent the cutting edge of urban studies.
The Urban Moment is a
provocative examination of urban theory, offering European, North American,
and South American perspectives. An exciting and comprehensive addition to
the series, this book is critical for Urban Studies scholars as well as
those studying the city in sociological, political, or cultural disciplines.
INTRODUCTION
S Body-Gendrot and R A Beauregard
Imagined Cities, Engaged Citizens
PART ONE: DILEMMAS OF REPRESENTATION
S Flusty and M Dear
Invitation to a Postmodern Urbanism
M C Boyer
Crossing Cybersities
T Paquot
The Post-City Challenge
PART TWO: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
S Sassen
Whose City Is It?
M P Smith
Transnationalism and the City
A Mabin
The Urban World Through A South African Prism
PART THREE: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
G Martinotti
A City For Whom?
N Smith
Which New Urbanism?
M Mayer
Urban Movements and Urban Theory in the Late 20th-Century City
PART FOUR: PRESCRIPTIVE VISIONS
C Ruby
(Promised) Scenes of Urbanity
S S Fainstein
Can We Make the Cities We Want?
R Sennett
The Spaces of Democracy