New Directions in Urban Sociology

by Ray Hutchison and Hutchison Ray Hutchison

This volume acknowledges two important themes found in recent work in urban sociology. First is the effort to apply new theoretical models to the analysis of the urban landscape, in particular the recent work in the new urban sociology and the renewed emphasis on the role of the state in shaping urban life. Second is the borrowing of important theoretical ideas from other disciplines, including postmodern theory and cultural analysis from the humanities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559388978
• ISBN13: 9781559388979
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"