The articles in this reader have been grouped into five sections and together they provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary urban development in industrial societies.
The scope is broader than that of other available urban readers in that it attempts to give balanced coverage not only to intraurban structure but also to intraurban relations and urban societal issues. The role of planning and state intervention in contemporary urban development, given scant attention elsewhere, is also fully discussed.
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Perfectly suitable for any urban sociology course - International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN STUDIES
PART TWO: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF URBAN CHANGE
PART THREE: SOCIAL PROCESSES IN CITIES
PART FOUR: THE LIMITATIONS OF PLANNING
PART FIVE: PUBLIC POLICY AND STATE INTERVENTION
Patrick Dunleavy is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Chair of the LSE Public Policy Group. He has published extensively across UK public policy including public sector productivity, electoral systems and digital era governance. Linda McDowell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford.
