Urban Sociology and Urbanized Society

by J.R. Mellor

Overview

Focusing on urban sociology as practised in Britain, the author argues that it is a key element in the response of the 'intellectual proletariat' to urbanization and the calls on it by the State to control the ensuing way of life. The themes of urban sociology have been the concerns of the Welfare State and, despite radical inputs, the discipline has remained tied up with the assumptions and methodological precepts of liberalism. The author's contention is that urbanization should be analysed in the framework of the political economy of regional development.

This book was first published in 1977.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135682279
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	639 KB

About the Author

J.R. Mellor

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 The British experience; Chapter 2 The British experiment; Chapter 3 The modern big city; Chapter 4 The housing question; Chapter 5 The practice of planning; Part 2 Theories of urbanization; Chapter 6 The critique of metropolis; Chapter 7 The Chicago School: urban experience;