C. r. par C. Paris, Urban Studies, 1976, n3, pp. 354-357. Rend accessible au public de langue anglaise les travaux des marxistes français (Castells, Lojkine...).
The sociology of Southeast Asia : transformations in a developing region
Anthropology ; Asia ; Ethnic community ; Geopolitics ; Modernization ; Political economy ; Social change ; Society ; Sociology ; South-Eastern Asia ; Tradition ; Underdevelopment
The book aims to provide to students a general view on the sociological aspects of Southeast Asian countries. Over the last thirty years many and rapid changes took place in the area. Traditional societies followed the pace of modernization. While
and economic players. The work is divided in 11 chapters : 1 - The Sociology of a Diverse Region, 2 - The Sociological Context, 3 - Modernization and Post-War Social Change, 4 - Underdevelopment and Dependency, 5 - Social Class, the State and Political Economy
, 6 - Ethnicity and Society, 7 - Patronage and Corruption, 8 - Asian Values and Social Action, 9 - Transformations in the World of Work, 10 - Transformations in Urban Worlds, 11 - Modernity, Globalization and the Future. - (GL)
Problems of micro and macro level in sociology and human geography
Housing ; Human geography ; Local economy ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Spatial behaviour ; Town ; Urban area ; Urban district ; Urban structure ; Urbanization
Several sociologists and human geographers active in the field of spatial behaviour discussed in 1992 various issues related to the problem of micro and macro levels in social sciences. This book consists of papers on urban residential patterns
, on the social homogeneity of neighbourhoods, the dynamics in old urban quarters, the catchment areas of theaters and the municipal policy concerning local economics. - (AGD)
Between process and individuation : translating metaphors and narratives of urban space
Daily life ; Theory ; Urban area ; Urban life ; Urbansociology
The A. wants to explore more closely Lefebvre's injunction for a careful examination of the relationship between space, language and politics. He wants to examine the metaphors used by scholars theorizing urban space and everyday urban life
. Conceptual and political problems are associated with the adoption of various metaphors about urban space.
Community ; Knowledge ; Local policy ; Urban geography ; Urban society ; Urbansociology ; Urban structure
In this paper the A. continues to ask how cities socialize in a way that allows shared experience to emerge in communities. Grounded in the sociology of knowledge shaped by German thinkers, her aim is to illustrate that specific stocks of knowledge
Chicago ; Employment ; Gentrification ; Housing ; Labour ; Local labour market ; London ; Precarious employment ; Town ; Unemployment ; Urban society ; Urbansociology
Urban policy and local power: some aspects of recent research in Lille in City, class and capital. New developments in the political economy of cities and regions.
International Sociological Association. Committee on the sociology of urban and regional development, International