Urban politics critical approaches - Davidson, Mark 1979-; Martin, Deborah (Thousand Oaks, California SAGE, 2014)
1. Thinking critically about urban politics / eborah Martin -- SECTION 1 CITY AS SETTING -- Introduction to city as setting / Deborah Martin -- 2. The neighbourhood as a place for (urban) politics / Deborah Martin -- 3. Splintered governance: urban politics in the twenty-first century / Kevin Ward -- 4. Ruthless: the foreclosure of American urban politics / Kathe Newman -- SECTION 2 CITY AS MEDIUM -- Introduction to city as medium / Deborah Martin -- 5. Policing the city / Kurt Iveson -- 6. Mayors and the representation of urban politics / Donald McNeill -- 7. Making urban politics go away: the role of legally mandated planning processes in occluding city power / John Carr -- SECTION 3 CITY AS COMMUNITY -- Introduction to city as community / Mark Davidson -- 8. Queering the city: sexual citizenship in creative city Singapore / Natalie Oswin -- 9. Making space in the multicultural city: immigrant settlement, neighbourhoods and urban politics / Jamie Winders -- 10. The embedded politics of entrepreneurs / Susan Hanson -- 11. Is class relevant to urban politics? / Mark Davidson -- 12. The urban imaginary of nature: cities in American environmental politics / Matthew Huber -- 13. Urban politics as parallax / Mark Davidson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Municipal government; Cities and towns -- Political aspects; Metropolitan government; Urban geography