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Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment (Research in Urban Sociology)
Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment - Research in Urban Sociology Author:Kevin Fox Gotham In recent years, urban "redevelopment" has emerged as one of the key concerns of urban social science in both theoretical and empirically based research settings. This edited volume brings together some of the latest scholarly work on the novel and enduring features of urban redevelopment, while highlighting the dilemmas, conflicts, and contradi... more »ctions regarding the links between space, capital, and power.
The readings deal with global and national level changes, symbolic and cultural meanings of urban redevelopment, the dynamics of race and class, the causes and consequences of gentrification, the redevelopment of public housing, and the transformation of cities into sites of fun, leisure, and entertainment.« less