The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory
1. Auflage November 2001
448 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21933-0
John Wiley & Sons
This collection of Castells' classic writing, which also includes two new essays written specifically for this book, reflects the panoramic breadth of his knowledge, the clarity of his approach, and the scholarly rigor and intellectual depth of his theoretical methods.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Acknowledgments.
Manuel Castells: Conceptualizing the City in the Information
Age: Ida Susser.
Part I: A Theoretical Approach to the City in Advanced
Capitalism:.
1. Urbanization (1972):.
Epistemological Introduction.
The Historical Process of Urbanization.
The Urban Phenomenon.
2. The Urban Ideology (1972):.
The Myth of Urban Culture.
From Urban Society to Urban Revolution.
The Urban Sub-cultures.
Part II: Social Movements and Urban Culture:.
3. Immigrant Workers and Class Struggles in Advanced Capitalism:
The Western European Experience (1975).
4. Collective Consumption and Urban Contradictions in Advanced
Capitalism (1978).
5. City and Culture: The San Francisco Experience (1983).
San Francisco: The Social Basis of Urban Quality.
Urban Poverty, Ethnic Minorities and Community Organization: The
Experience of Neighbourhood Mobilization in San Francisco's Mission
District.
Cultural Identity, Sexual Liberation and Urban Structure: The
Gay Community in San Francisco.
Methodological Appendix.
Part III: The City in the Information Age:.
6. The Informational Mode of Development and the Restructuring
of Capitalism (1989).
7. Information Technology, the Restructuring of
Capital-Labor Relationships and the Rise of the Dual City
(1989).
8. The Space of Flows (1996, second edition 2000).
9. The Culture of Cities in the Information Age (new essay
,1999).
Conclusion: Urban Sociology in the Twenty-first Century (new
essay, 2000).
Bibliography of Urban and Regional Studies by Manuel Castells,
1967-2000.
Index.
List of Tables.
Acknowledgments.
Manuel Castells: Conceptualizing the City in the Information
Age: Ida Susser.
Part I: A Theoretical Approach to the City in Advanced
Capitalism:.
1. Urbanization (1972):.
Epistemological Introduction.
The Historical Process of Urbanization.
The Urban Phenomenon.
2. The Urban Ideology (1972):.
The Myth of Urban Culture.
From Urban Society to Urban Revolution.
The Urban Sub-cultures.
Part II: Social Movements and Urban Culture:.
3. Immigrant Workers and Class Struggles in Advanced Capitalism:
The Western European Experience (1975).
4. Collective Consumption and Urban Contradictions in Advanced
Capitalism (1978).
5. City and Culture: The San Francisco Experience (1983).
San Francisco: The Social Basis of Urban Quality.
Urban Poverty, Ethnic Minorities and Community Organization: The
Experience of Neighbourhood Mobilization in San Francisco's Mission
District.
Cultural Identity, Sexual Liberation and Urban Structure: The
Gay Community in San Francisco.
Methodological Appendix.
Part III: The City in the Information Age:.
6. The Informational Mode of Development and the Restructuring
of Capitalism (1989).
7. Information Technology, the Restructuring of
Capital-Labor Relationships and the Rise of the Dual City
(1989).
8. The Space of Flows (1996, second edition 2000).
9. The Culture of Cities in the Information Age (new essay
,1999).
Conclusion: Urban Sociology in the Twenty-first Century (new
essay, 2000).
Bibliography of Urban and Regional Studies by Manuel Castells,
1967-2000.
Index.
"Manuel Castells is the definitive analyst of the contemporary city
and of urban society, and students of urbanism have long needed a
comprehensive and accessible digest of his most important work.
This encyclopedic selection, revealing the evolution of his ideas
over three decades, will instantly become an academic classic."
Peter Hall, University College London
"A great book. Castells's profound intelligence elucidates the
transformations of cities in the twentieth century. Ida Susser has
produced a book that illuminates the theoretical underpinnings of
his far-ranging achievements. A must read for scholars in
sociology, anthropology, political science, and urban planning."
Carol Stack, University of California, Berkeley
"A very useful collection of some key works from one of the most
important urban theorists of the post-1960s world. With an
excellent historical and biographical introduction, this reader
spans the still evolving ideas of Manuel Castells over nearly three
decades." Neil Smith, City University of New York
"this book will make an indispensable student text, and as such
it is to be highly recommended." Gary Pattison, BSA Network,
October 2002
"A book that will prove useful to sociologists, anthropologists,
political scientists, geographers, architects, & scholars of
urban studies" K. Larsen, Sociological Abstracts, December
2002
and of urban society, and students of urbanism have long needed a
comprehensive and accessible digest of his most important work.
This encyclopedic selection, revealing the evolution of his ideas
over three decades, will instantly become an academic classic."
Peter Hall, University College London
"A great book. Castells's profound intelligence elucidates the
transformations of cities in the twentieth century. Ida Susser has
produced a book that illuminates the theoretical underpinnings of
his far-ranging achievements. A must read for scholars in
sociology, anthropology, political science, and urban planning."
Carol Stack, University of California, Berkeley
"A very useful collection of some key works from one of the most
important urban theorists of the post-1960s world. With an
excellent historical and biographical introduction, this reader
spans the still evolving ideas of Manuel Castells over nearly three
decades." Neil Smith, City University of New York
"this book will make an indispensable student text, and as such
it is to be highly recommended." Gary Pattison, BSA Network,
October 2002
"A book that will prove useful to sociologists, anthropologists,
political scientists, geographers, architects, & scholars of
urban studies" K. Larsen, Sociological Abstracts, December
2002
Ida Susser is Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College
and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She was
the founding President of the Society for the Anthropology of North
America. She is the author of Norman Street: Poverty and
Politics in an Urban Community (1982), co-author of Medical
Anthropology and the World System (1997), and co-editor, with
Thomas C. Patterson, of Cultural Diversity in the United States:
A Critical Reader (Blackwell, 2000).
Manuel Castells, born in Spain in 1942, is Professor of
City and Regional Planning at the University of California,
Berkeley, where he was appointed in 1979. In the 1970s he directed
the seminar on urban sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, Paris. He has also been a visiting professor of
urban planning at the Universidad Católica de Chile, Ecole
d'Architecture de l'Université de Genève, the Royal
Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Hong Kong, and the
University of Southern California. Among other awards, he has
received the Silver Medal in Urbanism from the City of Madrid in
1999 and the 2001 Kevin Lynch Award in Urban Design and Planning
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1998 he accepted
the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological
Association for his life-long contribution to urban sociology.
and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She was
the founding President of the Society for the Anthropology of North
America. She is the author of Norman Street: Poverty and
Politics in an Urban Community (1982), co-author of Medical
Anthropology and the World System (1997), and co-editor, with
Thomas C. Patterson, of Cultural Diversity in the United States:
A Critical Reader (Blackwell, 2000).
Manuel Castells, born in Spain in 1942, is Professor of
City and Regional Planning at the University of California,
Berkeley, where he was appointed in 1979. In the 1970s he directed
the seminar on urban sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en
Sciences Sociales, Paris. He has also been a visiting professor of
urban planning at the Universidad Católica de Chile, Ecole
d'Architecture de l'Université de Genève, the Royal
Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Hong Kong, and the
University of Southern California. Among other awards, he has
received the Silver Medal in Urbanism from the City of Madrid in
1999 and the 2001 Kevin Lynch Award in Urban Design and Planning
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1998 he accepted
the Robert and Helen Lynd Award from the American Sociological
Association for his life-long contribution to urban sociology.
