Urbanisation - Introduction to Sociology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Introduction to Sociology

Download Urbanisation - Introduction to Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Urbanisation docsity.com Lecture Outline • Roots of Urbanisation • Early Cities • Pre-Industrial Europe • The Rise of the Modern Industrial City • Planning and Political Management • 21st Century Developments • Global and World Cities docsity.com The Medieval & Pre-Industrial City • Fall of Rome & Decline of European Cities • Cathedral ‘Cities’ & Walled Settlements (Agrarian Localism) • Urban Revival - Trade & Renaissance Cities • The ‘Bourgeoisie’ docsity.com The Rise of the Modern Industrial City: Industrialisatian & Urbanisation • Push, Pull Factors: Agricultural and Industrial Change (cc17th century onward) • UK: 1810 – 10% of population in cities and towns; 1910 – 80% docsity.com The Expansion of Cities in the 19th Century 1800 1850 1900 London 1,000,000 2,685,000 6,500,000 Paris 500,000 1,000,000 2,700,000 Vienna 247,000 444,000 1,675,000 Berlin 172,000 419,000 1,889,000 New York 60,515 515,000 3,437,000 Chicago <1000 29,000 1,689,000 docsity.com Town Planning & Images of the ‘Modern’ City • Howards’ ‘Garden City’ (late 19th C.) • Le Corbusier’s ‘Radiant City’ (early 20th C.) docsity.com Urban Governance • ‘Graft’ & ‘Bossism’ : 18th – 19th C. • Municipal ‘Socialism’ : Late 19th and Early 20th C. • Collective Consumption & Managerialism : Mid 20th C. • Privatisation : Late 20th C. - Present • Local Democracy in a Global Context docsity.com De-Industrialisation & the Consumer City • Decline of Industry & Rise of Service Economy • Urban Sprawl & ‘Multiple Metropolitan Region’ docsity.com The Global City • World Cities (Friedman) • Global Cities (Sassen) • Global Cites & Hinterland docsity.com SO1506 Urbanisation 2 Cities, Communities & Identities docsity.com Lecture Outline • Urbanisation & Social Relations • Self & the City • Urban Communities • Consumerism • Urban Society • Urban Tensions • Future of Urban Society docsity.com City and Self Identity • “...our physical contacts are close but our social contacts are distant. The urban world puts a premium on visual recognition. We see the uniform which denotes the role of the functionaries and are oblivious to the personal eccentricities that are hidden behind the uniform. . . .” Tonnies • The ‘Flaneur’ • Privacy & Experience • Distinction docsity.com • The Urban Setting, Appearances and Consumer Culture • City provides the ideal context for identification through consumer goods City and Self Identity docsity.com Urbanisation and Community: The Chicago School • Robert Ezra Park • The City as a ‘Mosaic’ • ‘Natural Areas’ docsity.com Urbanisation and Community • Robert Bellah: The ‘Lifestyle Enclave’ • Quasi-Community through Shared Patterns of Consumption, Appearance etc. docsity.com Urban Societies • Individualism • Privacy & Estrangement • Self Consciousness & Appearances • Consumerism • Community? • What holds it all together? docsity.com Virtual Community? • Mass Media & Celebrity Culture • Cyber culture? • ‘Neo-Tribes’ docsity.com