"In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account--part microhistory, part memoir--Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generations of inhabitants of two vibrant, culturally mixed Shanghai alleyways from the…
"What happens when three hundred alleged squatters go head-to-head with an enormous city government looking to develop the place where they live? As anthropologist Michael Herzfeld shows in this book, the answer can be surprising. He tells the story of Pom Mahakan, a tiny enclav…
"An ethnography of the community of Pom Mahakan in Bangkok who faces eviction in the name of urban renewal"--Publisher info
Der Lebensraum des Großstadtkindes
by Muchow, Martha, Muchow, Hans Heinrich
fromKindheiten
Die Studie von Martha Muchow und Hans Heinrich Muchow "Der Lebensraum des Großstadtkindes", die 1935 zum ersten Mal erschien, ist mittlerweile ein Klassiker. Imbke Behnken und Michael-Sebastian Honig geben dieses Buch neu heraus und nehmen Texte hinzu, die Anregungen für künftig…
"Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and New York's Greenwich Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe havens in an often unsafe world. But as our society increasingly accepts gays and lesbians into the mainstream, are "gayborhoo…
"Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and New York's Greenwich Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe havens in an often unsafe world. But as our society increasingly accepts gays and lesbians into the mainstream, are "gayborhoo…
Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future.…
Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of Beirut, urban planning could hold promise: a new spatial order could bring a peaceful future.…
"Based on nearly a decade of fieldwork in Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes, American Project is the story of daily life in an American public housing complex. Venkatesh draws on his relationships with tenants, gang members, police officers, and local organizations to offer an intim…
"[This book provides] an intellectual history that traces how varying images of community have evolved over time and influenced criminological thinking and criminal justice policy. The authors outline the major ideas that have shaped the development of theory, research, and poli…
Building communities from the inside out: a path toward finding and mobilizing a community'…
by Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)., Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)., Asset-Based Community Development Institute
This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset…
Building communities from the inside out: a path toward finding and mobilizing a community'…
by Kretzmann, John P., Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)., Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network, McKnight, John L., Southeast Valley Neighborhood Leadership College
This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset…
Building communities from the inside out: a path toward finding and mobilizing a community'…
by Kretzmann, John P., McKnight, John, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)., Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)., Asset-Based Community Development Institute
This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset…