The Urban Order: An Introduction to Cities, Culture and Power

Introduction. Part I: The City and Economy:. 2. Cities and Economic Development. 3. The Urbanization of the Economy. 4. The City and the Global Economy. 5. The Political Economy of Urbanization. 6. Capital, Labor and the City Case Study 1: Part 1. 7. Capital, Labor and the City: Case Study 1: Part 2. 8. Yuppies, Yuffies and the New Urban Order: Case Study II. Part II: The City and Society:. 9. The Housing Market. 10. The Social Arena. 11. Life in the City. 12. The Political Arena. 13. Residential Mobility in the City: Case Study III. 14. Gender, Space and Power: Case Study IV. 15. Race, Ethnicity and the City: Case Study V. Part III: The Production of the City:. 16. City as Investment. 17. City as Text. 18. City Images. 19. Reconstructing the Image of a City: Case Study VI. 20. Conflict and Compromise in the Built Environment: Case Study VII. 21. Postscript: Barcelona. Concluding Comments. Index.