Narendar Pani

The City as Action

Retheorizing Urban Studies

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Produktbeschreibung

In constructing the urban as a set of interconnected actions, this book presents a less travelled route to understanding the city. It leads to a fresh perspective on several issues central to urban theory, including the uniqueness of a city alongside practices it shares with other urban places.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781032052687
• ISBN-10: 1032052686
• Artikelnr.: 68711040

Autorenporträt

Narendar Pani is Professor and Dean, School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. 1. In the midst of the urban. 2. The making of urban
action. 3. Spaces and the Proximity Principle. 4. Negotiations of urban
politics. 5. The place of the city. 6. The happenings of urban suspense. 7.
The making and unmaking of institutions. 8. A city is what a city does.

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Foreword. Preface. 1. In the midst of the urban. 2. The making of urban action. 3. Spaces and the Proximity Principle. 4. Negotiations of urban politics. 5. The place of the city. 6. The happenings of urban suspense. 7. The making and unmaking of institutions. 8. A city is what a city does.

Rezensionen

"The book is to be recommended to academics in urban studies and its related fields, urban practitioners and anyone else interested in understanding more about the urban experience, especially when it comes to the unique circumstances and context of everyday lived realities in cities of the global South." - Aleem Mahabir, Urban Studies Journal