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  • The Moral Economy of Cities

    Shaping Good Citizens

    de Evelyn Ruppert ...
    Series series Cultural Spaces
    What makes a good city? This question has long preoccupied groups interested and involved in the making and remaking of city spaces. In The Moral Economy of Cities, Evelyn S. Ruppert contends that the vision of the 'good city' embraced by professionals in the business of city making recognizes the interests of a dominant public, namely middle class consumers, office workers, tourists, and families ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Data Politics

    Worlds, Subjects, Rights

    Edición de Didier Bigo, Engin Isin, Evelyn Ruppert ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in International Political Sociology
    Data has become a social and political issue because of its capacity to reconfigure relationships between states, subjects, and citizens. This book explores how data has acquired such an important capacity and examines how critical interventions in its uses in both theory and practice are possible.Data and politics are now inseparable: data is not only shaping our social relations, preferences and ... Leer más

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    New York Times Notable Book: "An exceptional, assured debut [that] captures the zeitgeist of confused adolescents and a sick culture post-Columbine."— Hartford CourantA national bestseller that inspired a major motion picture, this chilling novel follows prep school dropout White Mike through the week between Christmas and New Year's 1999, as he deals an alluring new drug to his privileged peers ... Leer más

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  • Fin-De-Siecle Vienna

    Politics and Culture (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    de Carl E. Schorske ...
    A Pulitzer Prize Winner and landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time: a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born."Not only is it a splendid exploration of several aspects of early modernism in their political context; it is an indicator of how the discipline ... Leer más

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  • Great American City

    Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect

    de Robert J. Sampson ...
    This "landmark work in urban sociology" examines the influence of neighborhoods on social phenomena and in our lives (Claude Fischer, City & Community).For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe that we act solely as individuals choosing our own fates regardless of our surroundings, while other theories ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cities and the Wealth of Nations

    de Jane Jacobs ...
    In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities—not nations—that are the drivers of wealth. Challenging centuries of economic orthodoxy, in Cities and the Wealth of Nations the beloved author contends that healthy cities are constantly evolving to replace imported goods with locally-produced alternatives, spurring a cycle of vibrant economic growth. Intelligently ... Leer más

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  • Sun, Sin & Suburbia

    The History of Modern Las Vegas, Revised and Expanded

    de Geoff Schumacher ...
    More than forty million visitors per year travel to Sin City to visit the gambling mecca of the world. But gambling is only one part of the city’s story. In this carefully documented history, Geoff Schumacher tracks the rise of Las Vegas, including its vital role during World War II; the rise of the Strip in the 1950s; the explosive growth of the 1990s; and the colossal collapse triggered by the ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Toxic Schools

    High-Poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam

    de Bowen Paulle ...
    Series series Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries
    Violent urban schools loom large in our culture: for decades they have served as the centerpieces of political campaigns and as window dressing for brutal television shows and movies. Yet unequal access to quality schools remains the single greatest failing of our society—and one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Of all the usual words used to describe non-selective city schools ... Leer más

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  • The Truly Disadvantaged

    The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

    de William Julius Wilson ...
    An assessment of the relationship between race and poverty in the United States, and potential solutions for the issue.Renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner-city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, Wilson offers ... Leer más

    $20.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Becoming Places

    Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power

    de Kim Dovey ...
    About the practices and politics of place and identity formation – the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are – this book exposes the relations of place to power. It links everyday aspects of place experience to the social theories of Deleuze and Bourdieu in a very readable manner. This is a book that takes the social critique of built form another step through ... Leer más

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  • Mahatma Gandhi

    His Life and Ideas

    de Charles F. Andrews ...
    An intimate biography of one of the greatest social andreligious reformers of the modern world."Gandhi's work in nonviolence was comprehensive and not simply confined to politics or human rights. It was about building positive relationships based on respect, understanding, acceptance, and appreciation. It was about eliminating exploitation of all kinds and creating harmony."—from the Foreword by ... Leer más

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  • Street Kids

    Homeless Youth, Outreach, and Policing New Yorks Streets

    de Kristina E. Gibson ...
    Street outreach workers comb public places such as parks, vacant lots, and abandoned waterfronts to search for young people who are living out in public spaces, if not always in the public eye. Street Kids opens a window to the largely hidden world of street youth, drawing on their detailed and compelling narratives to give new insight into the experiences of youth homelessness and youth outreach. ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD