{"product_id":"urban-geopolitics-paperback-softback","title":"Urban Geopolitics - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the last decade a new wave of urban research has emerged, putting comparative perspectives back on the urban studies agenda. However, this research is frequently based on similar case studies on a few selected cities in America and Europe and all too often focus on the abstract city level with marginal attention given to particular local contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving away from loosely defined urban theories and contexts, this book argues it is time to start learning from and compare across different ‘contested cities’. It questions the long-standing Euro-centric academic knowledge production that is prevalent in urban studies and planning research. This book brings together a diverse range of international case studies from Latin America, South and South East Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East to offer an in-depth understanding of the worldwide contested nature of cities in a wide range of local contexts. It suggests an urban ontology that moves beyond the urban ‘West’ and ‘North’ as well as adding a comparative-relational understanding of the contested nature that ‘Southern’ cities are developing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely contribution is essential reading for those working in the fields of human geography, urban studies, planning, politics, area studies and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575620985070,"sku":"9780367667719","price":67.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367667719.jpg?v=1720955011","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/urban-geopolitics-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}