This collection of essays examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is better to live in, one where humans can flourish. Th...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Bracken, Gregory 1968- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:	Asian cities 14
Schlagworte:	Asian Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban Cities and towns > Asia Cities and towns Citizenship > Asia Citizenship City and town life > Asia City and town life Bürger Selbstsorge Stadt Asien USA Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	This collection of essays examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is better to live in, one where humans can flourish. This book examines contemporary practices of care of the self in cities in Asia and the West, including challenges to citizenship and even the right to the city itself. Written by a range of academics from different backgrounds (from architecture and urbanism, anthropology, social science, psychology, gender studies, history, and philosophy) their trans- and multidisciplinary approaches shed valuable light on what are sometimes quite old problems, leading to fresh perspectives and news ways of dealing with them. One thing that unites all of these papers is their people-centred approach, because, after all, a city is its people.
Beschreibung:	217 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9789462984721