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Social Theories of the City

Edited by Bryan S. Turner

The unprecedented urbanization of the nineteenth century prompted a wide range of theoretical and empirical writings on the city. This set collects together some of...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15386-7 (Routledge)

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The Governance of Cyberspace

Politics, Technology and Global Restructuring

Edited by Brian D. Loader

Issues of surveillance, control and privacy in relation to the internet are coming to the fore as a result of state concern with security, crime...

1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-14724-8 (Routledge)

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Money/Space

Geographies of Monetary Transformation

By Andrew Leyshon, Nigel Thrift

Bringing together in one volume the most important writings of Andrew Leyshon and Nigel Thrift on money and finance, including the unpublished classic "Sexy-Greedy" this...

1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-03835-5 (Routledge)

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Imagining Cities

Scripts, Signs and Memories

Edited by Sallie Westwood, John Williams

The city has always been a locus of research and discussion within the debates of modernity and, more recently, postmodernity. This volume brings together some...

1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-14430-8 (Routledge)

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Homeless

Policies, strategies and Lives on the Streets

By Gerald Daly

The causes of homelessness are disputed by both Right and Left. But, few would argue that life on the streets is anything other than dangerous...

1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-12029-6 (Routledge)

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A Tale Of Two Cities

Global Change, Local Feeling and Everday Life in the North of England

By Karen Evans, Penny Fraser, Ian Taylor

A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors...

1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-13828-4 (Routledge)

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Geographies of Exclusion

By David Sibley

Western culture is based on exclusion. Its society places "others" - women, blacks, children, the old, those with alternative lifestyles, gays, the disabled -...

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-11925-2 (Routledge)

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Property, Bureaucracy and Culture

Middle Class Formation in Contemporary Britain

By James Barlow, Dr Peter Dickens, Peter Dickens, Tony Fielding, Mike Savage

This assured and powerful study explores the condition of the middle classes in Britain today. The authors outline a new theoretical perspective for exploring the...

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-13009-7 (Routledge)

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Dangerous Classes

The Underclass and Social Citizenship

By Lydia Morris

This book provides an authoritative and much needed critical review of British and American debates about the underclass, set in the context of historical material...

1994 | Hardback: 978-0-415-05013-5 (Routledge)

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Hovels to Highrise

State Housing in Europe Since 1850

By Anne Power

As the slums of the industrial revolution were replaced with mass high-rise, high density estates throughout Europe, each country has experienced a variety of problems...

1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-08936-4 (Routledge)

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