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Comprising original contemporary research, this collection brings together case studies from across the globe that explore topics including nightlife and urban development, race, gender and youth culture, alcohol and drug use, and urban renewal.
List of contents
Acknowledgements / List of Figures / INTRODUCTION, by Adam Eldridge & Jordi Nofre / PART 1 - NIGHTLIFE AND URBAN CHANGE IN THE NEO-LIBERAL CITY / 1. Chrystel Oloukoï. The night in Maboneng (Johannesburg, South Africa): An urban frontier in-between securization, commodification and contestation. / 2. Peta Wolifson. 'Civilising' by gentrifying: The contradictions of neoliberal planning for nightlife in Sydney. / 3. Nihad Cengic & Jordi Martín-Díaz: Night-time economy and urban development in post-socialist Sarajevo. / 4. Penny Koutrolikou: Kerameikos - Metaxourgio: Entertaining ourselves in Athens' "ghettoes of the mind". / PART 2 - POWER, CULTURE AND IDENTITY / 5. Atepheh Amid: Mashhad, Iran: Challenges and Opportunities in a 24-hour City / 6. José Sánchez-García: Cairo Nights: Mulids and the politics of Mahraganat music. / 7. Samantha Wilkinson: Young People, Alcohol and Suburban Nightscapes in Manchester. / 8. Marion Roberts: Reviewing night-time economy policies through a gendered lens: gender aware or gend
About the author
Jordi Nofre Mateo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CICS.Nova -Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social & Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon.
Adam Eldridge is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Sociology and Criminology; Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Westminster.
Summary
Comprising original contemporary research, this collection brings together case studies from across the globe that explore topics including nightlife and urban development, race, gender and youth culture, alcohol and drug use, and urban renewal.
