Urban BondsISBN: 978-0-7456-2801-1
Hardcover
256 pages
September 2003, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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- Careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social
relationships and urban communities.
- Examines the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of
community and how this has changed over the last century.
- Interweaves a detailed study of the history and current social
life of a poor neighbourhood in Rotterdam, with a reflection on the
character of social ties in urban areas everywhere.
- Draws on American urban sociology and includes provocative discussions on the issues of community and ethnicity