BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Amit-Talai, Vered and Henri Lustiger-Thaler (eds.) 1994: Urban lives: fragmentation and resistance. Morton Suzanne 1995: Ideal surroundings, domestic life in a working-class suburb in the 1920's. Hay den, Dolores 1995: The power of place: urban landscapes as public history. Rémy, Jean (ed.) 1995: Georg Simmel: ville et modernité. Bennani-Chraïbi, Mounia 1994: Soumis et rebelles: les jeunes au Maroc. Stébé, Jean-Marc 1995: La réhabilitation de l'habitat social en France.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell Uniting a Divided City — Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg Patrick Le Galès European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance Marcuse, P. and R. van Kempen Globalizing cities Meine Pieter Van Dijk, Marike Noordhoek and Emiel Wegelin (eds.) Governing Cities — New Institutional Forms in Developing Countries and Transitional Economies David Frisby Cityscapes of Modernity: Critical Explorations François Baraize and Emmanuel Négrier (eds.) L'Invention Politique de l'Agglomération Andrew Herod Labor Geographies: Workers and the Landscapes of Capitalism Umberto Janin‐Rivoli (ed.) Le Politiche Territoriali dell'Unione Europea. Esperienze, Analisi, Riflessioni David Ranney Global Decisions, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Anderson Jeffrey J. 1992: The territorial imperative: pluralism, corporatism and economic crisis. Dossal, Mariam 1991: Imperial designs and Indian realities: the planning of Bombay City 1845–1875. Hamel, Pierre 1991: Action collective et démocratie locale: les mouvements urbains Montréalais. Könen, Ralf 1990: Wohnungsnot und Obdachlosigkeit im Sozialstaat. Lundqvist, Lennart J. 1991: Dislodging the welfare state? Housing and privatization in four European nations. Lundqvist, Lennart J. (ed.) 1991: Policy, organization, tenure. A comparative history of housing in small welfare states. Marsden, Terry, Philip Lowe and Sarah Whatmore (eds) 1992: Labour and locality: uneven development and the rural labour process. Taylor-Gooby, Peter 1991: Social change, social welfare and social science.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: H. Barton, (ed.) Sustainable communities: the potential for eco‐neighbourhoods J.A. Elliot, An introduction to sustainable development M. Kenny, and J. Meadowcroft, Planning sustainability D. Satterthwaite, The Earthscan reader in sustainable cities Doreen Massey, John Allen and Steve Pile, (eds.) City worlds Steve Pile, Christopher Brook and Gerry Mooney (eds.) Unruly cities?: order/disorder John Allen, Doreen Massey and Michael Pryke (eds.) Unsettling cities: movement/settlement Klaus Ronneberger, Stephen Lanz and Walther Jahn Die Stadt als Beute Michael Edwards, Future positive: international co‐operation in the 21st century Nicole May, Pierre Veltz, José Landrieu and Thérèse Spector, (eds.) La ville éclatée Ivan Szelenyi, (ed.) Privatizing the land. Rural political economy in post‐communist societies Yue‐man Yeung, (ed.) Urban development in Asia: retrospect and prospect Andrew Herod, Gearoid O Tuathail and Susan Roberts, (eds.) An unruly world? Globalization, governance and geography Peter Ennals, and Deryck W. Holdsworth, Homeplace. The making of the Canadian dwelling over three centuries Anastasia Loukaitou‐Sideris, and Tridib Banerjee, Urban design downtown: poetics and politics of form Cecile Jackson, and Ruth Pearson, (eds.) Feminist visions of development: gender analysis and policy     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Frisken, Frances (ed.) 1994: The changing Canadian metropolis: a public policy perspective. Lapeyronnie, Didier, (1993) L'individu et les minorités — la France et l'Angleterre face à leurs immigrés.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Hugh Atkinson and Stuart Wilks‐Heeg Local government from Thatcher to Blair: the politics of creative autonomy Alistair Cole and Peter John Local governance in England and France Gertjan Dijkink and Hans Knippenberg (eds.) The territorial factor: political geography in a globalising world André Donzel Marseille: l'expérience de la cité John Dunning (ed.) Regions, globalization, and the knowledge based economy Jonathan Glancey Bread and circuses Brian Richards Future transport in cities Marco Buti, Daniele Franco and Lucio R. Pench (eds.) The welfare state in Europe: challenges and reforms Kenneth Kolson Big plans: the allure and folly of urban design Sako Musterd and Willem Salet (eds.) Amsterdam human capital Martin Kronauer Exklusion: Die Gefährdung des Sozialen im hochentwickelten Kapitalismus     

Book Reviews

Harvey, David, Justice, Nature & the Geography of Difference Jeffrey, Charlie, (ed.) The Regional Dimension of the European Union. Towards a Third Level in Europe? Keating, Michael and Jeffrey Loughlin (eds.)The Political Economy of Regionalism Le Galès, Patrick and Christian Lequesne, (eds.) Les Paradoxes des régions en Europe Grabner, Gernot and David Stark, (eds.) Restructuring networks in post-socialism. Legacies, linkages and localities Taylor, Ian, Karen Evans and Penny Fraser, A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield Caulfield, Jon and Linda Peake, (eds.) City Lives and City Forms. Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism Turnbull, Geoffrey K., Urban Consumer Theory Barringer, Herbert, Robert W. Gardner and Michael Levin Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States Hardy, Sally, Mark Hart, Albrechts Louis and Anastasios Katos An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition?     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Clarke, Colin, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovec (eds) 1990: South Asians overseas: migration and ethnicity. Gerecke, Kent (ed.) 1991: The Canadian city. Germain, Annick (ed.) 1991: L'Amènagement urbain: promesses et défis. Heinze, Rolf G. and Claus Offe (eds) 1990: Formen der Eigenarbeit. Theorie, Empirie, Vorschläge.     

Port Cities

Reviewed in this essay: Han Meyer City and Port: Urban Planning as a Cultural Venture in London, Barcelona, New York, and Rotterdam. Changing Relations between Public Urban Space and Large Scale Infrastructure Richard Marshall (ed.) Waterfronts in Post‐Industrial Cities Raymond W. Gastil Beyond the Edge: New York's New Waterfront     

Unspeakable September 11th: Taken for‐granted assumptions,selective reality construction and populist politics

The interplay of private and public reactions to the crisis of September 11th in New York is analyzed as an example of well‐functioning populist politics. Using material from observations, interviews and a content analysis of The New York Times obituaries, the sequence of reactions to the catastrophe of September 11th 2001 in New York City is described. The wish for nearness and reassurance was followed by a wish ‘to do something’. The latter, by necessity frustrated for most, was turned into identification with the new heroes who could ‘do something’: fire‐fighters, steel‐workers, and the politicians who presented themselves as organizers of their efforts. Analysis then concentrates on how these ‘private wishes’ were used for ‘public politics’ of a populist kind. Cultural norms and assumptions about family, community and masculinity were utilized for the mobilization of political attitudes of patriarchal protection, patriotism and retaliation. Social differences of victimization were denied (where in fact it can be shown that the financial upper class paid the highest toll) with the effect of creating the perfect ‘populist moment’ out of the situation on the basis of actual needs and sentiments. La combinaison des réactions individuelles et publiques à la crise new‐yorkaise du 11 septembre est analysée comme exemple de politique populiste réussie. A partir d'informations provenant d'observations, d'entretiens et d'une analyse de contenu des nécrologies parues dans The New York Times, la succession de réactions à la catastrophe du 11 septembre 2001 est décrite dans la ville de New York. Le souci de rapprocher et rassurer a été suivi d'une volonté de ‘faire quelque chose’. Cette dernière, frustrée par nécessité pour la majorité, s'est changée en identification aux nouveaux héros qui pouvaient ‘faire quelque chose’: pompiers ou métallurgistes, et politiciens qui se présentaient comme organisateurs de leurs efforts. L'analyse se consacre ensuite à la façon dont ses ‘aspirations privées’ ont été utilisées en faveur d'une ‘politique publique’ de type populiste. Normes culturelles et postulats sur la famille, la communauté et la masculinité ont été exploités pour mobiliser des attitudes politiques de protection patriarcale, de patriotisme et de revanche. Les différences sociales des victimes ont été effacées (alors qu'en fait, on peut montrer que la classe financière supérieure a payé le plus lourd tribut), créant ainsi, à partir des circonstances, le parfait ‘moment populiste’ fondé sur des besoins et sentiments réels.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Bernard Jouve and Christian Lefèvre, (eds.) Villes, métropoles. Les nouveaux territoires du politique Sheridan Bartlett, Roger Hart, David Satterthwaite, Ximena de la Barra and Alfredo Missair, Cities for children: children's rights, poverty and urban management Daniel J. Monti Jr., The American city: a social & cultural history Andrew E.G. Jonas and David Wilson, (eds.) The urban growth machine: critical perspectives two decades later Dieter Dettke, (ed.) The challenges of globalization for Germany's social democracy: a political agenda for the 21st century Gösta Esping‐Andersen, Social foundations of postindustrial economies Michael Mortimore and William M. Adams Working the Sahel: environment and society in northern Nigeria> Stefan Hedlund, Russia's ‘market’ economy. A bad case of predatory capitalism Alexander Reichl, Reconstructing Times Square: politics and culture in urban development David Byrne, Social exclusion OECD, The response of higher education institutions to regional needs Felix Driver and David Gilbert, (eds.) Imperial cities: landscape, display and identity     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bagnasco, Armando 1994: Fatti sociali formati nello spazio. Cinque lezioni di sociologies urbana e regionale. Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha 1994: The resources of poverty: women and survival in a Mexican city. Scott, A. 1994: Technopolis: high-technology industry and regional development in southern California. Topalov, Christian 1994: La naissance du chômeur, 1880–1910. Albin Michel, collection L'évolution de l'humanité. 160F. Castel, Robert 1995: Les métamorphoses de la question sociale, une chronique du salariat.     

SHORTER REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Anselin, L. and R.J.G.M. Florax (eds.) 1995: New directions in spatial econometrics. Herbert, David T. (ed.) 1995: Heritage, tourism and society. Baldassare, Mark (ed.) 1994: The Los Angeles riots: lessons for the urban future. Wacquant, Loic J.D. (1994) The new urban color line: the state and the fate of the ghetto in postfordist America. In C. Calhoun (ed.), Social theory and the politics of identity Leresche, Jean-Philippe and René Levy (eds.) 1995: La Suisse et la coopération transfrontalière: repli ou redéploiement?     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Andrew, C., Bordeleau, S. and Guimont, A. 1981: L'urbanisation: une affaire. Coing, H. 1982: La ville, marché de l'emploi. Cullen, M. and Woolery, S. editors, 1982: World Congress on Land Policy, 1980. Vittrup, E. 1982: Illegal land occupations in Colombia: typology of organization models in the case of Cali.     

The aftermath of France's last moral panic and its sociology

Stéphane Beaud and Michel Pialoux Violences urbaines, violence sociale. Genèse des nouvelles classes dangereuses Robert Castel L'insécurité sociale. Qu'est‐ce qu'être protégé? David Garland The culture of control. Crime and social order in contemporary society Hugues Lagrange Demandes de sécurité. France, Europe, Etats‐Unis     

Book review essays

Book reviewed in this article: Regionalism and monopoly capitalism: a new approach to the study of local power : Dulong, R. 1978: Les régions, l'état et la société locale. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. Regionalism and monopoly capitalism: a new approach to the study of local power : Logroye, J. Wright, V. editors 1979: Local government in Britain and France: problems and prospects (LGBF). Regionalism and monopoly capitalism: a new approach to the study of local power : Tarrow, S., Katzenstein, P. and Graziano, L. editors 1978: Territorial politics in industrial nations (TPIN). Regionalism and monopoly capitalism: a new approach to the study of local power: Lojkine, J. 1977: Big firms' strategies, urban policies and urban social movements (1975). In Harloe, M., editor, Captive cities.     

Book Reviews

Brun, Jacques and Catherine Rhein (eds.) La ségrégation dans la ville: concepts et mesures Smith, Michael Peter and Joe R. Feagin (eds.) The bubbling cauldron: race, ethnicity and the urban crisis MacShane, Clay (ed.) Down the asphalt path: the automobile and the American city McAndrew, John P. Urban usurpation — from friar estates to industrial estates in a Philippine hinterland     

Book Reviews

Graham Stephen and Simon Marvin, Telecommunications and the City: Electronic Spaces, Urban Places Van der Loop, Theo, Industrial Dynamics and Fragmented Labour Markets: Construction Firms and Labourers in India Théret, Bruno, L’état, la finance et le social: souveraineté nationale et construction européenne Bulmer, Martin and Anthony M. Rees (eds.), Citizenship Today. The Contemporary Relevance of T. H. Marshall     

The unity of opposites in urban planning

Cet article examine quelques antinomies existant dans la planification urbaine d'une société socialiste et rattache certaines questions théoriques à la recherche empirique et aux expériences de la pratique sociale en Yugoslavie. La critique des solutions urbanistiques courantes indique un besoin de surmonter une pratique fragmentaire et d'exercer une approche plus dialectique. L'analyse sociologique peut spécifier les conditions possibles pour la mise en ?uvre des valeurs dominantes dans une telle société et les relier aux pratiques quotidiennes de la direction du développement urbain. Les antinomies apparents dans la planification urbaine peuvent etre dévoilées pour être ensuite réinterprétées en tant qu'ensemble dialectique. Par exemple: Le sujet/l'objet de la planification La séparation habituelle entre le rôle actif de l'architecte-urbaniste et du dessinateur (sujet) et le rôle passif du résident (objet) est devenue inacceptable dans le contexte d'une sociéte socialiste avec un systéme d'autogestion. Continuité/discontinuité A la place de la logique prédominante de croissance, il y a à la fois un besoin de continuité et de discontinuité. Visionnarisme/pragmatisme Ni une orientation visionnaire générale et à long terme, ni l'approche pragmatique ne peuvent assurer un changement maximum dans la direction souhaitée. Inertie/correction Plus notre action est aprioriste, plus il faudra de temps pour reconnaître les erreurs passées et les diverses façons de résoudre les problèmes par la suite. Forme/fond L'urbanisme a gardé le vieux cadre du modèle formel et technique des fragments individuels. Dynamique sociale/structure physique La crise de l'environnement urbain représente la phénoménologie des discordes existant entre les dimensions physiques et sociales de la ville. Contrôle/initiative individuelle Un plaus grand contrôle n'est pas forcément incompatible avec la croissance du rôle de l'individu. Stimulation/sanctions négatives La menace des sanctions négatives du pouvoir coercitif de l'état ne peut pas maximiser la mise en ?uvre des objectifs de la planification: l'approche affirmative a été négligée.     

From nation‐building to globalization: an account of the past and present in recent urban studies in Turkey

Sema Erder Istanbul'a Bir Kent Kondu, Ümraniye [A City Disembarked to Istanbul, Ümraniye]. Yildiz Sey (ed.) 75 Yilda Degisen Kent ve Mimarlik [Changing city and architecture in 75 years]. Caglar Keyder (ed.) Istanbul, between the global and the local Sibel Bozdogan Modernism and nation building: Turkish architectural culture in the early Republic Oguz Isik and Melih Pinarcioglu Nöbetlese yoksulluk, gecekondulasma ve kent yoksullari: Sultanbeyli örnegi [Poverty in turn: squatter housing and urban poor: the example of Sultanbeyli] Ayse Bugra and Caglar Keyder New poverty and the changing welfare regime of Turkey