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The Structure of Social Theory
Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
Over the last three decades, social theory has become an increasingly important subdiscipline within sociology. Social theory has attempted to elucidate the philosophical basis of sociology by defining the nature of social reality. According to social theory, society consists of objective...
Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
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Colonial Urban Development
Culture, Social Power and Environment
The Study focuses on the social and, more especially, the cultural processes governing colonial urban development and develops a theory and methodology to do this. The author demonstrates how the physical and spatial arrangements characterizing urban development are unique products of a particular...
Published December 2nd 2010 by Routledge
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The Atlas of Human Migration
Global Patterns of People on the Move
Series: The Earthscan Atlas
Migration has provided millions with an escape route from poverty or oppression, ensuring the survival, even prosperity, of individuals and their families. New currents of human migration, triggered by ethnic cleansing or climate change or economic need, are appearing all the time and immigration...
Published July 29th 2010 by Routledge
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Spaces of Global Cultures
Architecture, Urbanism, Identity
Series: Architext
This book brings together a series of new and historical case studies to show how different phases of globalization are transforming the built environment. Taking a broad interdisciplinary approach, the author draws on sociological, geographical, cultural and postcolonial studies to provide a...
Published July 14th 2004 by Routledge
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Urbanism, Colonialism and the World Economy
Cultural and Spatial Foundations of the World Urban System
Series: International Library of Sociology
Published October 3rd 2003 by Routledge
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Buildings and Society
Essays on the Social Development of the Built Environment
Published March 14th 1984 by Routledge