Urban social movements: The city after Castells (Sociology, politics, and cities)

Introduction to debates on the character of urban protest, examining theories from Castell and others on the analysis of urban protest, against actual experience. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-7 Castells on Urban Social Movements....Pages 8-28 The City and the Grassroots....Pages 29-54 The Mobilisation Process....Pages 55-81 Public Sector Housing Movements....Pages 82-117 Ideologies in Local Politics — The Ratepayers’ and Squatters’ Movements....Pages 118-151 Comparative Urban Social Movements....Pages 152-186 The Theory and Practice of Urban Social Movements....Pages 187-202 Back Matter....Pages 203-211 8vo. A good copy, internally virtually as new save for browned areas to eps. some sunning to back cover and very minor crease to front cover top corner. Scuffing to spine front cover edge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Stuart Lowe. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [203]-208.