Urban communities

Since the 1990s 'beliefs', 'ideas' or 'knowledge' as well as processes of communicative interactions such as persuasion, argumentation and learning have received increasing attention in social science for the understanding of political changes.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Meat and dairy production and consumption are in crisis.

Night is a foundational element of human and animal life on earth, but its interaction with the social world has undergone significant transformations during the era of globalization.

Night is a foundational element of human and animal life on earth, but its interaction with the social world has undergone significant transformations during the era of globalization.

Extending current scholarship on South Asian Urban and Literary Studies, this volume examines the role of the discontents of the South Asian city.

Extending current scholarship on South Asian Urban and Literary Studies, this volume examines the role of the discontents of the South Asian city.

Since the late 1970s, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of urbanization.

Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-scale urban developments have significantly transformed the city's built environment.

Gulf capital flows to Amman, Jordan, in the early twenty-first century and the investment of this capital in large-scale urban developments have significantly transformed the city's built environment.

Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter?

Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter?

As levels of urbanization increase around the world, the growing concentrations of population and economic activity increases vulnerability to natural disasters.

As levels of urbanization increase around the world, the growing concentrations of population and economic activity increases vulnerability to natural disasters.

In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building momentum for sustainability.

In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building momentum for sustainability.

Mega-events represent an important moment in the life of a city, providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural, social, political and economic development.

Mega-events represent an important moment in the life of a city, providing a useful lens through which we may analyse their cultural, social, political and economic development.

What challenges do pedestrians and cyclists face in cities of the developing world?

What challenges do pedestrians and cyclists face in cities of the developing world?

Saul, Follesdal and Ulfstein examine in detail the interplay between national parliaments and the international human rights judiciary.

This book uses empirical analysis to show that courts refrain from using the proportionality test as a means of judicial activism.

This book explores how ''learning identities'' are forged through complex interplays between young people and their communities.

Presents a modern and interdisciplinary perspective on cities that combines new data with tools from statistical physics and urban economics.

Presents a modern and interdisciplinary perspective on cities that combines new data with tools from statistical physics and urban economics.

This book explores how ''learning identities'' are forged through complex interplays between young people and their communities.

This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

An up-to-date, theoretically informed study of male, in-group, street-aligned, youth language practice in various urban centres in Africa.

This book argues that understanding global urbanism in the twenty-first century requires us to cast our gaze upon vast city-regions without an urban core.

This book examines the late twentieth-century rise of the urban, right-wing Hindu nationalist ideology known as metropolitan Hindutva.

This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India.

A social history of cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia''s ethnically diverse port cities, seen within the global context of the interwar era.

A social history of cosmopolitanism in Southeast Asia''s ethnically diverse port cities, seen within the global context of the interwar era.

This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities'' chief characteristics.

This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities'' chief characteristics.

A pioneering account of how South Africa''s three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.

A pioneering account of how South Africa''s three leading cities were fashioned, experienced, promoted and perceived.

This book investigates the mechanisms of judicial control to determine an efficient methodology for independence and accountability.

This book examines racial and ethnic politics outside of the traditional context and questions the models used to understand mobility and government responsiveness.

This book evaluates new programs that aim to reduce minority youth unemployment by improving high school students'' marketable job skills.

This book examines racial and ethnic politics outside of the traditional context and questions the models used to understand mobility and government responsiveness.

This book evaluates new programs that aim to reduce minority youth unemployment by improving high school students'' marketable job skills.

Kim details a brief history of urban renewal in central Seoul through articulating urban planning paradigm shifts.

This book examines the everyday functioning and impact of international law and the development project, particularly across cities in emergent nations.

This book examines the everyday functioning and impact of international law and the development project, particularly across cities in emergent nations.

The first ethnography to examine the role of urban transformation, caste and language in shaping India''s contemporary news culture.

The first ethnography to examine the role of urban transformation, caste and language in shaping India''s contemporary news culture.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

This volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.

This book, first published in 2001, is a comprehensive history of nineteenth-century New York City''s powerful economic elite.