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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Urban sociology"”.
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Inventory’s paper assembly: fierce sociology, sovereignty and self-organisation in London’s small press publishing scene 1995 to 2005
… derived from the fusion of the heterogeneous sociology of Georges Bataille and his circle in Chapter 3; and the speculative aesthetic theory, and ‘anthropological materialism’, of Walter Benjamin in Chapter 4. In Chapters 3 and 4 Inventory’s ‘constellation of methods’: surrealism – as a mode …
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Institution: The Control of Social Perception—Toward a Theory of Minority-Directed Institutional Change
… change. It begins with a review of research on urban sociology and how, despite tremendous technological and legal change, the fact of institutional racism remains. It then reviews relevant portions of Original Institutional Economics (OIE) thought describing the relationship between individuals …
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The applications of aerial photography, photogrammetry and photo-interpretation in the planning process
… feasibility studies, land use, resource surveys, urban and regional research and analysis, urban history, urban and rural administration, site evaluation, transportation and other. branches of engineering, urban sociology and economics, as well as urban aesthetics. Aerial photographic data …
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The commodification of community in residential real estate : the developer as community-builder for generation Y
As the Millennial generation flocks to urban neighborhoods, large apartment developers are offering new residential models that offer "community-oriented" living, externalizing some of the features traditionally limited to private homes (e.g., communal kitchens, group party spaces, even shared …
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Redefining Public Space in Hanoi. Places, Practices and Meaning
… other words, the state’s defining power for the urban image is challenged by a multiplicity of spatial producers. This thesis focuses on the development of public spaces in Hanoi. Using the frame of an emic reconstruction , major themes such as changes in power relations between state and society …
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The development of sociology first degree courses at English universities, 1907-1972
… historical account of the development of sociology first degree courses at English universities, 1907-1972, begins with the background to the endowment, in 1907, of the first chairs of sociology, at the London School of Economics. The archives of the School, and of the University of …
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A critique of aspects of Louis Althusser's epistemology as employed by Manuel Castells
… a theoretical basis for a critique of empiricist urban sociology, and in the establishment of a Marxist scientific alternative. To this end, Castells employed the Althusserian conception of the social totality, which was characterized by a complex structured unity of relatively autonomous …
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Drug use and drug dealing in the rave club culture
… constructs located within the discipline of urban sociology are drawn upon. A reflexive engagement with the ethnographic process and the ethical dilemmas encountered in undertaking a study of illegal activity is provided. The data is analysed using a macro and micro organizational framework. …
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Listening at the Edges: Aural Experience and Affect in a New York Jazz Scene
… lives. I engage with cultural anthropology, urban sociology, and media studies, applying insights from those fields while engaging perennial concerns and topics of jazz scholarship: the nature of musical improvisation, and relatedly, the dynamics of listening and aural perception, as well as …
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"Race" Conditioning Social Cohesion in the Post-Apartheid Cape Town Neighbourhood
… orientation. The underlying discipline is urban sociology; however, this study has drawn inspiration from several disciplines and research fields. Theoretically this study draws from socio-spatial integration research which examines whether physical residential proximity produces closer …
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The Role of Ethnic Minority Communities and Identities in Explaining Relationships with and Attitudes toward the Police in the London Borough of Hackney
… social and developmental psychology and urban sociology in order to understand how contextual, situational and individual characteristics contribute to young people’s relationships with and attitudes toward the police. The study’s key question is: is ethnicity salient for understanding …
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Norms and Space: Understanding Public Space Regulation in the Tourist City
… question by exploring the intersections between urban tourism and public space regulation. I argue that public space regulation substantially differs from the tourist to the non-tourist zone. This thesis contradicts the common belief that public space regulation may vary from city to city, but …
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Urban Growth and Segregation in the Roanoke, Virginia, Metropolis: The Effects of Low-Density Development on Low-Income Populations and Racial Minorities
This dissertation examines urban growth patterns in the Roanoke, Virginia, metropolis. It draws on the literature of contemporary human ecology and social area analysis to examine the effects of low-density development on low-income populations and racial minorities. The continuous spread of …
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Povertà e deprivazione in Italia, Spagna, Francia e Germania: una disamina degli aspetti concettuali, metodologici e dei meccanismi generativi
… by the political economy, the economic sociology, the urban sociology and the economic theories. In the second chapter I overviewed, discussed and problematized the several conceptualizations, operationalisations and measurations of poverty, therefore it represents a theoretical and …
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Transnational Impact on Urban Change. Modern Projects in Vinh, Vietnam
Following an “agency-oriented Urban Theory” as advanced by Smith (2001), this study takes the urban landscape of Vinh City in Central Vietnam as a starting point into an investigation of multiple visions of modernity (Eisenstadt, 2000) put forward by social actors, as well as into urban change …
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Serving Through Adversity: Community-Based Nonprofits Negotiating Race, Place, and a State Budget Crisis, 2007-2011
<p>This qualitative study examines the ways in which the leadership and staff of four community-based organizations in a high-poverty African American community in Chicago perceived and were impacted by economic, political, and social changes in their community from 2007 to 2011. During a time of …
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Neighborhood Attachment Among Latinos in Low-Income Communities
… among Latinos. This limits our understanding of urban renewal, as the growth of the Hispanic population has been identified as a key source of recent revitalization in American cities.</p><p>My research employs mixed methods to investigate the experiences of low-income Latino households in six …
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The Life and Death of Urban Ethnic Enclaves: Gentrification and Ethnic Fragmentation in Brooklyn's 'Polish Town'
… existing definitions of ethnicity and urban ethnic community.</p>
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Das Leben in einem ostdeutschen Plattenbaugebiet aus der Perspektive seiner Einwohner : eine qualitative Studie in Strausberg-Hegermühle
Architektur und Städtebau des Sozialismus haben nach der politischen Wende der Jahre 1989-1991 einen erheblichen Wertungswandel erfahren. Insbesondere die in industrieller Bauweise errichteten Quartiere des komplexen Wohnungsbaus, die einstmals privilegierte Wohngegenden waren, haben heute oftmals …
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