Urban theory and the urban experience : encountering the city encountering the city / by Simon Parker.

Previous edition: 2004.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional phys. form: Also issued in print format.

1. Encountering the City-- 2.The Foundations of Urban Theory: Weber, Simmel, Benjamin and Lefebvre-- 3. The City Described: Social Reform and the Empirical Tradition in Classic Urban Studies-- 4.Visions of Utopia: From the Garden City to the New Urbanism-- 5. Between the Suburb and the Ghetto: Urban Studies and the Search for Community In Britain and the United States After the Second World War-- 6. Urban Fortunes: Making Sense of the Capitalist City-- 7. The Contested City: Politics, People and Power-- 8. The Majority Urban World: the Growth and Development of Cities in the Global South-- 9. Cities Under Stress: the Uneven Geographies of Urban Deprivation-- 10. From Pillar to Post: Culture Representation and Difference --11. The Information City: Linking the Virtual and Material Urban Worlds 12. --Putting the City in its Place: Urban Futures and the Future of Urban Theory