TY - GEN AU - Short, John Rennie TI - Urban order: an introduction to cities, culture, and power SN - 9781557863614 U1 - 307.76 PY - 1996/// CY - Cambridge PB - Blackwell Publishers KW - URP/UD KW - Cities and towns KW - Urban economics. KW - Sociology, Urban N1 - Part 1 The city and economy: cities and economic development; the urbanization of the economy; the city and the global economy; the political economy of urbanization; capital, labour and the city -- case study 1 (part 1); capital, labour and the city -- case study 1 (part 2); yuppies, yuffies and the new urban order -- case study 2. Part 2 The city and society -- the housing market; the social arena; life in the city; the political arena; residential mobility in the city -- case study 3; gender, space and power -- case study 4; race, ethnicity and the city -- case study 5. Part 3 The production of the city: city as investment; city as text; city images; reconstructing the image of a city -- case study 6; conflict and compromise in the built environment -- case study 7; Postscript -; * A triple perspective -- the city and economy; the city and society; the city and power. * Includes chapters on race, ethnicity and the city; and on gender, space and power. * Unites political, economic and cultural perspectives. * Examples range from all over the world N2 - A triple perspective - the city and economy; the city and society; the city and power. Includes chapters on race, ethnicity and the city; and on gender, space and power ER -