Talja Blokland

Urban Bonds

Übersetzer: Mitzman, Lee K

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities. This outstanding and thoughtful book interweaves two rather different but parallel lines of inquiry: a detailed study of the history and current social life of an inner city neighbourhood in Rotterdam, and a general reflection on the changing character of social ties in urban areas. The book is organized around broad conceptual issues in a way that presents the empirical material within a framework that is relevant for teaching purposes. Blokland addresses key issues of community and identity and draws on a wide range of literature in urban sociology. Urban Bonds is set to become a classic in its field and will be widely used in courses on urban sociology, human geography, and ethnicity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780745628028
• ISBN-10: 0745628028
• Artikelnr.: 22033966

Autorenporträt

Talja Blokland is a Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences and based at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

1. Disintegration And The 'Demise Of Community'.

2. Hillesluis As A Natural Area? Social Ecology AndNeighbourhood Use.

3. Personal Networks As Communities.

4. Social Identification And A Grid Of Social Relations.

5. Familiarity And Transactions: Privatization I.

6. Institutions And Attachments: Privatization II.

7. Contemporary Communities And The Importance Of Location.

8. Ethnicity As A Dividing Field.

9. The Neighbourhood In The Imperfect Past.

10. Urban Bonds: Conclusions.

Annex: Research Approach.

Notes.

References.

Index

Rezensionen

"This is a book of major intellectual significance. TaljaBlokland succeeds in casting her case study around broadertheoretical concerns that will have relevance for urbansociologists everywhere." Mike Savage, University ofManchester

"Talja Blokland has written an engaging, thoughtful and oftenprovocative analysis of changing social life in an inner cityneighbourhood." Charles Tilly, Columbia University

"This is a superb empirically grounded study of socialrelations, exploring important theoretical issues about space,identity and community in the context of wonderful and compellingethnography." Richard Jenkins, University of Sheffield