Michael Pryke

Unsettling Cities

Movement/Settlement
Herausgeber: Allen, John; Pryke, Michael; Massey, Doreen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life and reveals the association between the changing fortunes of cities and the power and influence of global networks.

Produktdetails

• Understanding Cities
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 190mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9780415200721
• ISBN-10: 0415200725
• Artikelnr.: 21013785

Autorenporträt

John Allen is Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at The Open University. His recent publictions include A Shrinking World? (1995, co-edited with Chris Hamnett) and Rethinking the Region (1998, with Doreen Masssey and Alan Cochrane) Doreen Massey is Professor of Geography at The Open University. She is co-founder and joint editor of Soundings: a journal of politics and culture Her recent books include Spatial Divisions of Labour (2nd Ed 1995) and Space, Place and Gender (1994). Michael Pryke is Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. He has published a number of articles

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cities of Connection and Disconnection Ash Amin and Steve Graham 2.
Moving Cities Kerry Hamilton and Susan Hoyle 3. City Life and Difference:
negotiating diversity Linda McDowell 4. Cities and Natures Steve Hinchliffe
5. Cities of Power and Influence John Allen 6. Cities of Neo-liberalism
Michael Pryke 7. Cities and Economic Change Nigel Thrift 8. On Openness and
the City conclusion John Allen, Doreen Massey and Michael Pryke.