Cities and Social Change

Ronan Paddison is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Glasgow. His research interests focus on the political processes driving urban change and, in particular, under what conditions local participation can contribute to the making of more inclusive and democratic cities. Recent projects have included the role of community participation in the installation of public art, and the limitations to public participation in the post-political city. He is Managing Editor of Urban Studies and of Space and Polity.Eugene McCann is Professor in the Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University. His research focuses on the ways in which policies, especially urban policies, are circulated among communities of practitioners across the global and how these ′policy mobilities′ are related to urban politics.

• Section 1: Theorising the CityChapter 1: Encountering the City - Multiple Perspectives on Urban Social Change - Ronan Paddison and Eugene McCannChapter 2: Representing and Imagining the City - Regan Koch and Alan LathamSection 2: Experiencing the CityChapter 3: The ‘New’ Middle Class, Lifestyle and the ‘New’ Gentrified City - Loretta LeesChapter 4: Being Poor in the City - Geoff De VerteuilChapter 5: Living with Difference : Geographies of Encounter - Gill ValentineChapter 6: The Everyday City of the Senses - Monica DegenSection 3: The Liveable CityChapter 7: Dis/Order and the Regulation of Urban Space - Steven Herbert and Tiffany GrobelskiChapter 8: Walling the City - Gordon MacleodChapter 9: Health and the City - Robin Kearns and Graham MoonChapter 10: Cities, Nature and Sustainability - Eric Swngedouw and Ian CookChapter 11: Just Cities - James de Filipis and Juan RiveroSection 4: Reflections on Cities and Social ChangeChapter 12: The Good City - Ananya RoyChapter 13: Conclusions: Engaging the Urban World - Ronan Paddison and Eugene McCann

′This textbook of essays by leading critical urbanists is a compelling introduction to an important field of study; it interrogates contemporary conflicts and contradictions inherent in the social experience of living in cities that are undergoing neoliberal restructuring, and grapples with profound questions and challenging policy considerations about diversity, equity, and justice.  A stimulant to debate in any undergraduate urban studies classroom, this book will inspire a new generation of urban social scholars.′