Cities of Difference (Paperback)

How can contemporary theories of difference enhance our understanding of traditional urban studies concerns such as housing, labor markets, and structures of state entitlement? What are the connections between urban space and identity politics? This provocative text provides fresh perspectives on the fragmented city within a cultural political economy framework. Contributors explore the role of race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality, able-bodiedness, and other axes of difference in the geography of postmodern cities. Using a range of cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches, the book probes the relationship of the broader realities of urban life--economic polarization, gentrification, and the proliferation of sites of consumption to the everyday life and political power of different communities.

General

Imprint:	Guilford Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Democracy and Ecology
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	March 1998
Editors:	Ruth Fincher • Jane M. Jacobs
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-1-57230-310-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General
LSN:	1-57230-310-7
Barcode:	9781572303102

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