Politics of Urban Knowledge: Historical Perspectives on the Shaping and Governing of Cities (Routledge Advances in Urban History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032320524 ISBN 13: 9781032320526

Verlag: Routledge, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

This book uses 'politics of urban knowledge' as a lens to understand how professionals, administrations, scholars, and social movements have surveyed, evaluated and theorized the city, identified problems, and shaped and legitimized practical interventions in planning and administration.

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Bert De Munck is full professor at the History Department at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, teaching 'Early Modern History', 'Theory of Historical Knowledge', and 'History of Science and Society'. He is the Director of the interdisciplinary Urban Studies Institute and the international Scientific Research Community (WOG) 'Urban Agency: The Historical Fabrication of the City as an Object of Study'.

Jens Lachmund is a sociologist and senior lecturer in science and technology studies at Maastricht University, Netherlands. He has conducted research on the historical sociology of medicine, and on the politics of (urban) environmental knowledge. His publications include Greening Berlin: The Co-Production of Science, Politics, and Urban Nature (Boston, 2013).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1032320524
• ISBN 13: 9781032320526
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290
• Herausgeber: De Munck Bert, Lachmund Jens
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