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Urban Politics - A Sociological Interpretation (Hardcover)
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Urban Politics - A Sociological Interpretation (Hardcover)
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In this book, the author provides a critical examination and
evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently
being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two
interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the
theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Europe and
the United States and covers such issues as 'non-decision making'
and the mobilisation of bias in political systems, the significance
of owner-occupation as a basis for political action, the potential
importance of 'urban social movements', and the nature of the
relationship between urban management, the state and private
capital. Throughout these chapters, the author attempts to develop
a theoretical position which avoids the weaknesses of contemporary
pluralist, Weberian and Marxist formations. Part Two systematically
relates this theoretical discussion to an analysis of empirical
material generated in a case study of an Outer London Borough.
Thus, in addition to a chapter on local government policy making
and the operation of strategies of political exclusion, this
section contains analysis of political struggles involving suburban
owner-occupiers, council tenants and large town centre business
enterprises in a town which has undergone massive urban development
over the last few years. Taken as a whole, the book constitutes an
original and challenging contribution, both theoretical and
empirical, to the contemporary analysis of urban politics. This
book was first published in 1979.
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