Commentary-Urban prospects

Article Abstract:

A description of Anglo-American urban alliances is presented, as American and British troops entered Baghdad and the news media detailed the peculiarities of urban combat. Contrasts are drawn between a deep American pessimism, evident in a propensity to declare the end to public space, to the social welfare state and a preoccupation with all that is wrong in the city, while British urban geographers seemed more willing to consider alternatives, and to express pleasure in the city.

Management dynamics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Geographers, Practice, Pessimism

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In the tracks of comparative urbanism: Difference, urban modernity and the primitiveography

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The importance of appreciating the wide range of different kinds of cities around the world is becoming increasingly apparent to urban scholars. If urban studies are to engage with this diversity of cities, some of the core assumptions that frame urban theory need to be challenged.

Postcolonialism, Primitivism

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Transurbanism

Article Abstract:

Transurbanism focuses on the workings of the contemporary city without falling back on previous theoretical technologies. The four aspects of the transurban approach to cities that are highlighted are the postsocial world, tinkering, politics, and affect.

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