Urban sociology : critical essays / edited by C. G. Pickvance.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pickvance, C. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Dialectical materialism.

Physical Description:

223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1976.

Contents:

Introduction: Historical materialist approaches to urban sociology.

Critique of existing urban sociology: Castells, M. Is there an urban sociology? Castells, M. Theory and ideology in urban sociology.

Historical materialist approaches: Lamarche, F. Property development and the economic foundations of the urban question. Lojkine, J. Contribution to a Marxist theory of capitalist urbanization. Castells, M. Theoretical propositions for an experimental study of urban social movements.

An application: the study of urban protest: Olives, J. The struggle against urban renewal in the "Cité d'Aliarte" (Paris). Pickvance, C. G. On the study of urban social movements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC:

2559600