Urban Theory - New critical perspectives

Urban Theory is a comprehensive and integrated primer covering topics necessary for a full understanding of recent theoretical engagements with cities. The chapters explore twenty-four topics, which are new additions to the urban theoretical debate, highlighting their relationship to long established concerns that continue to have intellectual purchase, and which also engage with rich new and emerging avenues for debate. As a critical and assessable introduction to original and groundbreaking urban theory, the book will be essential reading for students in human geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, economics, planning, political science and urban studies.