The Social Control of Cities?

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In this ground-breaking study, Sophie Body-Gendrot provides a comparative analysis of the growing problem of new forms of poverty and social marginalisation in contemporary advanced societies.

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Geographie Geography Öffentliche Ordnung u. Verwaltung Political Science Politikwissenschaft Public Policy & Administration Sociology Soziologie Stadtgeographie Stadtsoziologie Urban Geography Urban Sociology

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"This book is extremely important for anyone interested in crimeand violence in urban areas. The author situates urban violence andresponses to it within the larger processes of globalization and ofgrowth of inequalitites within and between societies. By using casestudies of different cities in different countries--US, Britain,and Frnace--she examines the impact of global, national, and localpolicies and economic trends on various cities' responses to crimeand violence." Choice "This is a well-documented and perceptive study." DavidDownes, London School of Economics, UK "... does a creditable job of demonstrating both historicallyand comparatively, how cities within the limits of distinctnational traditions are actually extraordinarily diverse and yetextremely limited in the ways they manage social control."Canadian Journal of Sociology Online 'This comprehensive cross-cultural study of urban tensionsand insecurities in an era of globalization is a major contributionto the literature on changing western cities. SophieBody-Gendrot's original synthesis of a wide range of urbanstudies provides new insights on the dynamic changes in modernurban life." - William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and LindaL. Geyser University Professor, HarvardUniversity
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