The SAGE handbook of the 21st century city (1st)

The SAGE Handbook of Urban Sociology focuses on the sociological questions raised by the dramatic dynamics and disruptions of the twenty-first century city. An international team of high-profile modern scholars apply cutting-edge theories and methods to the key issues of the new urban condition:

• Questions of Definition: Twenty-First Century City, Twenty-First Century Urbanisms
• Hierarchy: Exclusivity and Deprivation
• Productivity: Investment and Abandonment
• Authority: Governance and Coalition
• Risk: Crisis and Resilience
• Security: Fear and Outreach
• Informality: Regulation and Collaboration
• Mobility: Re-bordering and De-bordering
• Civility: Allegiance and Resistance
• Design: Rupture and Accretion