The Routledge International Handbook of Urban Sociology

The Routledge International Handbook of Urban Sociology brings together key perspectives in urban sociology and the analysis of life in cities today. International in scope, it presents fresh scholarship from around the world to examine the urban environment, social practices and socio-spatial inequalities in capitalist societies. Critical examinations of urban life, by considering pressing issues such as racism, sexism, environmental crises and stark inequalities, give the Handbook a unique character. Organised around the themes of theory, methods, spatial structures, inequalities and contestations, it maintains a sociological focus in order to provide readers with the latest theories, innovative methods and ethnographic case studies. It will therefore constitute essential reading for researchers and students in the fields of sociology and anthropology, human geography, urban planning, architecture and urban studies.