UID:
almahu_9949383282302882
Format:
1 online resource (219 pages)
ISBN:
9781351689540
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1351689541
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9781315169637
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1315169630
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9781351689526
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1351689525
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9781351689533
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1351689533
Content:
The local public sector is deeply steeped in history. Studying the historic patterns of urban settlements helps us to understand the development of local priorities: zoning to separate residential areas by class and race, establishing police and fire departments to protect lives and property, building roads and canals to make transportation more efficient, and setting up school systems to educate students for work and adulthood. In this new book, the reader is guided through premodern conditions in order to identify paradigmatic changes that differentiate the premodern age from the modern age. The well-known contours of that transformation are then used to highlight trends that signal movements toward postmodernity. A great variety of books cover politics, policies, and governance at the local level. This book invites a more comprehensive look in that it structures the analysis around six basic themes: economics, politics and government, organization of work, education, human nature plus related practices, and criminal justice;the book invites a historical perspective by using the six themes to clarify paradigmatic shifts from premodernity to modernity and now postmodernity. The paradigmatic changes are examined to ask important questions: What can local governments learn from premodernity and modernity to promote desirable developments and avert unfavorable trends in postmodernity? What are progressive and regressive strategies? What social, cultural, and economic principles and practices are worth promoting and which ones to discourage? The broad nature of the book makes it relevant to students, scholars, and experts of urban politics and policies, as well as city planning, economic planning, ethics, and related fields.
Note:
List of boxes, tables, and graphs -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I. SETTLEMENT TRENDS IN PREMODERN TIMES. 1. An agrarian economy and local settlements -- 2. Colonial governments -- 3. The organization of work in an agrarian economy -- 4. Education in colonial times -- 5. View of human nature in premodern times and related practices -- 6. Crime and criminal justice in premodern times -- Part I: Summary -- PART II. URBAN TRENDS IN MODERN TIMES. 7. An industrial economy and industrial cities -- 8. Local government in the industrial age -- 9. Organization of work in the industrial age -- 10. Education in the modern, industrial age -- 11. View of human nature in the modern age and related practices -- 12. Crime and criminal justice in the modern age -- Part II: Summary -- PART III. URBAN TRENDS IN POSTMODERN TIMES. 13. The high-tech economy and the high-tech city -- 14. Local government in the high-tech age -- 15. The organization of work in the high-tech age -- 16. Education trends in postmodern times -- 17. View of human nature in postmodern times and related practices -- 18. Crime and criminal justice in the postmodern age -- 19. Conclusion of book -- Part III: References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Freyss, Siegrun Fox. Changing urban trends. New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9781138049321
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9781315169637
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315169637
