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This authoritative Handbook provides a comprehensive account of
migration and economic development throughout the world, in both
developed and developing countries. Some of the world's most
experienced researchers in this field look at how population
redistribution patterns have impacted on urban development in a
wide selection of advanced and developing countries in all the
major regions of the world over the past half century. The study
results show that, despite local differences there are signs of
remarkable similarities in the underlying forces that drive the
migration process and urban development across the development
spectrum. The International Handbook of Urban Systems is a must for
social and economic geographers, urban and regional planners,
regional scientists, urban, regional and development economists and
sociologists.
Global Regionalization examines the astonishing political and
economic changes that have completely reshaped the political
geography of certain regions during the past fifteen years. It
deals with the concept of global bloc formation, examining the
impacts that changing political-economic conditions and
relationships in and between nations have on demographic and
economic flows. The contributors examine areas including; the
Central European states which previously belonged to the Soviet
block and now form part of an extended Europe; the growing
affinities amongst Muslims worldwide but most especially in the
Middle East, North Africa and the former South Central Soviet
region. The book argues that as former adversaries in Central Asia
are beginning to find ways of forging new ties, India may
eventually emerge as a core state in the new emerging region. At
the same time China is increasingly gaining momentum amidst other
fast growing economies in the Pacific Rim, gradually moving the
point of gravity in the region westwards. The book will be of
interest to economists, geographers, planners and regional
scientists because it explains the latest trends in global and
regional industrial development. It will also appeal to
sociologists and political scientists as it examines why global and
regional core peripheral differentials keep on widening.
This book brings together a range of viewpoints on a number of the
burning issues affecting urban sustainability in North America and
Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. H.S. Geyer and his
contributors cover a wide spectrum of the urban policy issues that
determine the growth and development progress as well as the
livability of cities in the Occident.The volume focuses on three
broad themes: nuances in urban policy formulation in Britain and
the United States; the evolvement of urban systems regionally and
globally; and the social and economic forces that determine urban
livability and bring about change in the demographic landscape of
cities in both Europe and the United States. In this Handbook some
of the world's most experienced researchers express their views -
often controversial - on topics as diverse as the role of the IT
sector, population ageing, migration, global warming and social
economics within urban development. This important Handbook has a
strong demographic and developmental focus and covers urban policy
issues that should be of interest to a wide readership - from urban
planning, geography, regional science and economics to
international business, population studies, history and political
science.
This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works
looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide
variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to
urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and
sustainability are analysed in a manner that will not only interest
the advanced student but also the novice.Urban policy covers a vast
field. This first volume combines chapters covering three broad
themes: policy issues pertaining to the spatial aspects of the
city; social and mobility issues; and issues of urban governance.
The spotlight initially falls on urban structure, urban
densification, the disappearing urban/rural divide, the urban
economic landscape and the transformation of socialist economies.
The Handbook then goes on to focus on migration, social mobility,
crime, terrorism and social inequality. Finally, urban
sustainability and urban governance come under the spotlight.
Integration of the planning process, flexibilities in
infrastructure and areas of neglect in environmental management
feature strongly in this section of the Handbook. Books of this
nature are often slanted in one particular direction: however, this
Handbook's approach is different. Not only has the editor avoided
shying away from politically sensitive issues but contributions
have also been included that reflect distinct differences of
opinion on politically sensitive issues - hence the volume's
subtitle of 'contentious global issues'. As a Handbook, the
chapters have been written not only for the advanced student and
academics but also with undergraduate students in mind. The
Handbook will appeal to scholars and researchers of geography and
urban and development planning, demography and social science and
environmental scientists for the focus on urban sustainability
issues.
This collection addresses key issues in the historical struggle for
civil rights, political rights, and social rights in the United
States and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Using a cross-national comparative approach, this book presents
national case studies that explore the similarities and differences
of conceptualizing rights on both sides of the Atlantic. This book
analyzes the struggle for these rights by individuals and groups
and how this struggle became an essential feature not only in
political discourse but also in social and political practice and
culture in both Germany and the United States. More specifically,
the book examines the different ways rights have been denied due to
race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. Considerable
attention is given to the impact of Nazism and the struggle for
social rights during and after World War II.
This book addresses key issues in the historical struggle for civil rights, political rights, and social rights in the United States and Germany from the late nineteenth century to the present. The essays address issues such as the struggle for the rights of women and minorities (including African Americans, Jews, and Asians), National Socialism and the dismantling of civil rights, and the emergence of the concept of social rights. What becomes clear are the unique features that distinguish German from American history and that these differences have been created by both social movements and dissimilar cultures of rights.
“Places of risk” and “sites of modernity” refer not merely
to physical locations, but also objects and institutions that stand
at the center of contemporary debates on security and risk. These
are social and political domains where energy and infrastructure
are produced, where domestic security is pursued and maintained,
and where citizens encounter the state in its punitive or monitory
roles. Taking a wide view of the period from the 1970s to today,
this volume brings together innovative, interdisciplinary case
studies of sites of modernity that promise to provide security and
safety, yet at the same time are deemed responsible for creating
new risks. With a particular contemporary interest in the
technocratic changes of security and risk control the contributors
to Sites of Modernity — Places of Risk position the 1970s as a
turning point in the path from industrial to post-industrial
modernity.
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