City, Class and Power

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Urban Crisis, Political Process and Urban Theory....Pages 1-14
Collective Consumption and Urban Contradictions in Advanced Capitalism....Pages 15-36
Urban Crisis, State Policies and the Crisis of the State: the French Experience....Pages 37-61
The Social Function of Urban Planning: State Action in the Urban—Industrial Development of the French Northern Coastline....Pages 62-92
Urban Renewal and Social Conflict....Pages 93-125
The Social Prerequisites for the Upheaval of Urban Social Movements: an Exploratory Study of the Paris Metropolitan Area, 1968–73....Pages 126-151
Ideological Mystification and Social Issues: the Ecological Action Movement in the United States....Pages 152-166
City, Class and Power....Pages 167-173
Conclusion: the New Frontiers of Urban Research....Pages 174-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-198