Urban Sociology: Images and Structure

Abstract

Preface to the Third Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. 1.The Urban Dimension and World Urbanization. The Emergence of the Urban Form. The Urbanization of Europe. Urban Change in the Present Era. 2.The Urban Tradition in Sociology. The Changing Scale and the Social Order. The Urban Tradition Comes to the United States. 3.Cohesion and Conflict in the Urban Arena. Urban Community Studies. The Special Case of Kinship. 4.Ethnicity and Minority/Majority Relations in Urban Studies. Ethnicity and Minority. The Urban Dimensions of Immigration, Ethnic Persistence, and Assimilation. The Urban Arena and the Formation of Minority Groups. 5.Patterns and Consequences of Urbanization in the Third World. Images of the Third World City. Modernization and Political Economy. The Challenges of Urban Growth. Comparative Urban Studies. 6.Urban Growth and Transitions in the United States. Urban Growth Before the Twentieth Century. The Expanding Metropolis Through World War II. The Continuation of Urban Trends Since World War II: Patterns of Growth in Decline. The Rise of the Sunbelt and the Crisis of the Industrial City. 7.Ecology and Capitalism: Globalization and Locality. Urban Ecology and Urban Political Economy. The Rationalization of Space and the Emergence of Regional and Global Perspectives. 8.Urban Poverty, Powerlessness, and Crime in the United States. The Features of Urban Poverty in the United States. Patterns of Metropolitan Segregation. Race and Urban Poverty: Ecology, Culture, and the Mismatch Debate. The Correlates of Urban Poverty: Powerlessness, Crime, and Victimization. 9.Urban Policy: Introduction to the Issues and Survey of Developments. The Nature and Limitations of Urban Policy. Early Plans: The Grand Scale and the Humane Order. The Record of Policy in the United States. The United States Failure to Develop a Comprehensive Urban Policy. 10.Contemporary Issues in Urban and Regional Policy. Urban Policy in the United States in Recent Decades. A Critical Assessment of U.S. Policy. Urban Policy Outside the United States. 11.A Unified Perspective for Urban Sociology. Consequences of the Division in Urban Sociology. Toward a Unity of Spatial Sociology. The Future of Urban Sociology. Conclusion. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.