Urban theory beyond the West / Tim Edensor and Mark Jayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edensor, Tim, 1957-

Contributor:

Jayne, Mark, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Philosophy.

Urbanization.

City planning--Philosophy.

City planning.

Urban geography.

Political geography.

Political ecology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon; Burlington, VT. : Routledge, [2011]

Summary:

Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the continuing focus of urban studies on cities in 'the global north'.

Urban Theory Beyond the West contains 20 chapters from leading scholars, raising important theoretical issues about cities throughout the world. Past and current conceptual developments are reviewed and organized into four parts: 'De-centring the city' offers critical perspectives on re-imagining urban theoretical debates through consideration of the diversity and heterogeneity of city life; 'Order/disorder' focuses on the political, physical and everyday ways in which cities are regulated and used in ways that confound this ordering; 'Mobilities' explores the movements of people, ideas and policy in cities and between them; and 'Imaginaries' investigates how urbanity is differently perceived and experienced. There are three kinds of chapters published in this volume: theories generated about urbanity 'beyond the West'; critiques, reworking or refining of 'Western' urban theory based upon conceptual reflection about cities from around the world; and hybrid approaches that develop both of these perspectives.

Urban Theory Beyond the West offers a critical and accessible review of past and current theoretical developments, providing an original and groundbreaking contribution to urban theory. It is essential reading for students and practitioners interested in urban studies, development studies and geography. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: urban theory beyond the West / Tim Edensor Edensor, Tim, Mark Jayne Jayne, Mark 1

Part I De-centring the city 29

2 No longer the subaltern: refiguring cities of the global south / AbdouMaliq Simone Simone, AbdouMaliq 31

3 China exceptionalism? Unbounding narratives on urban China / Choon-Piew Pow Pow, Choon-Piew 47

4 Urban theory beyond the 'East/West divide'? Cities and urban research in postsocialist Europe / Slavomíra Ferencuhová Ferencuhová, Slavomíra 65

5 Urbanism, colonialism and subalternity / Swati Chattopadhyay Chattopadhyay, Swati 75

Part II Order/disorder 93

6 Governing cities without states? Rethinking urban political theories in Asia / Yooil Bae Bae, Yooil 95

7 Public parks in the Americas: New York City and Buenos Aires / Nora Libertun de Duren Duren, Nora Libertun de 111

8 An illness called Managua: 'extraordinary' urbanization and 'mal-development' in Nicaragua / Dennis Rodgers Rodgers, Dennis 121

9 The concept of privacy and space in Kurdish cities / Hooshmand Alizadeh Alizadeh, Hooshmand 137

10 The networked city: popular modernizers and urban transformation in Morelia, Mexico, 1880-1955 / Christina M.Jiménez M.Jiménez, Christina 157

Part III Mobilities 173

11 Distinctly Delhi: affect and exclusion in a crowded city / Melissa Butcher Butcher, Melissa 175

12 Shanghai borderlands: the rise of a new urbanity? / Deljana Iossifova Iossifova, Deljana 195

13 Contemporary urban culture in Latin America: everyday life in Santiago, Chile / Jorge Inzulza-Contardo Inzulza-Contardo, Jorge 209

14 Urban (im)mobility: public encounters in Dubai / Yasser Elsheshtawy Elsheshtawy, Yasser 219

Part IV Imaginaries 237

15 Reality tours: experiencing the 'real thing' in Rio de Janeiro's favelas / Beatriz Jaguaribe Jaguaribe, Beatriz, Scott Salmon Salmon, Scott 239

16 Modern warfare and the theorization of the Middle Eastern city / Sofia T. Shwayri Shwayri, Sofia T. 261

17 Reading Thai community: the processes of reformation and fragmentation / Cuttaleeya Jiraprasertkun Jiraprasertkun, Cuttaleeya 273

18 Urban political ecology in the global south: everyday environmental struggles of home in Managua, Nicaragua / Laura Shillington Shillington, Laura 295

19 Spectral Kinshasa: building the city through an architecture of words / Filip De Boeck Boeck, Filip De 311

20 Afterword: a world of cities / Tim Edensor Edensor, Tim, Mark Jayne Jayne, Mark 329.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415589758

0415589754

9780415589765

0415589762

OCLC:

613425161