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Klappentext The modern city extends beyond its physical borders, pervading all aspects of our society. Celebrating 30 years of Sage's Urban Affairs Review, this book examines the state of the city as we enter the 21st century. From an interdisciplinary perspective, critical urban theorists explore a variety of discourses for representing the contemporary city. Considering the city's social and physical articulations, the prospects for continued democracy and civic engagement, and interpretations of a `good city', these essays represent the cutting edge of urban studies. The Urban Moment is a provocative examination of urban theory, offering European, North American, and South American perspectives. An exciting and comprehensive addition to the series, this book is critical for Urban Studies scholars as well as those studying the city in sociological, political, or cultural disciplines. Zusammenfassung Explores a variety of multidisciplinary discourses for representing the contemporary city. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Imagined Cities, Engaged Citizens - S Body-Gendrot and R A Beauregard PART ONE: DILEMMAS OF REPRESENTATION Invitation to a Postmodern Urbanism - S Flusty and M Dear Crossing Cybersities - M C Boyer Urban Regions and the Cyberspace Matrix The Post-City Challenge - T Paquot PART TWO: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Whose City Is It? - S Sassen Globalization and the Formation of New Claims Transnationalism and the City - M P Smith The Urban World Through A South African Prism - A Mabin PART THREE: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT A City For Whom? - G Martinotti Transients and Public Life in the Second Generation Metropolis Which New Urbanism? - N Smith New York City and the Revanchist 1990s Urban Movements and Urban Theory in the Late 20th-Century City - M Mayer PART FOUR: PRESCRIPTIVE VISIONS (Promised) Scenes of Urbanity - C Ruby Can We Make the Cities We Want? - S S Fainstein The Spaces of Democracy - R Sennett ...
