都市生活與社會發展專題
(Urban Life and Social Development)
1.Object
(1)Facilitate students to obtain a comprehensive picture of urban studies.
(2)Enhance the sensibility of students towards the dynamics of cities, global cities and
city-regions, ie. different urban regimes and local governance.
(3)Highlight the methodological issues on the study of urban studies.
2.Assessment
Coursework 30%
Mid-term paper 30%
Case Study 40%
3. Textbook and Reference(**textbook,; *reference)
**Ronan Paddison(2001) Hand book of Urban Studies, London: Sage Publications.
*Mark Gottdiener,1994. The New Urban Sociology, McGraw-Hill, inc.
**Mark, Gottdiener and Leslie Budd, Key Concepts in Urban Studies, Sage.
*Scott, Allen(ed.),2001,Global City-Regions: trends, theory, policy,, Oxford
University press.
*Knox, Paul L. and Peter Taypor (ed.) 1995 World Cities in a World System.
Cambridge; NewYork: Cambridge University Press.
*王佳煌著，2005，都市社會學，臺北市: 三民書局。
Journal
Urban Studies
Cities
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Environment and Planning A.B.C.D
4.Classroom Procedure
Part I City as the Focus of Social Studies
1.Introduction
Simmel, George (1950) ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life’, in The City Cultures
Reader, pp.12-19.
Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin(1995)The Social and Cultural Life of the City, in
The City Cultures Reader, pp.220-223.
2.Defining the City
William H. Frey and Zachary and Zachary Zimmer(2001) Defining the City, in Hand
book of Urban Studies, pp.14-35.
Allen, J Scott, John Agnew, Edward W.Soja, and Michael Storper(2001) Global
City-Regions, in Global City-Regions, pp.11-30.
3.Studing Cities
Ronan Paddison(2001), Studying Cities, in Hand book of Urban Studies, pp.1-9.
4.Urbanization, Suberurbanization, counterurbanization and Reurbanization
Tony Champion(2001) Urbanization, Suberurbanization, counterurbanization and
reurbanization, in Hand book of Urban Studies, pp.143-161.
5.Postmodern City
Raymond Williams(1989)Metropolitan Percentiona and the Emergence of Modern, in
The City Cultures Reader, pp.58-65.
Part II City as the Locus of Social Transformation
6. Social Segregation and Social Polarization
Chris Hamnett, Social Segregation and Social Polarization, in Hand book of Urban
Studies, pp.162-176.
7.Race and City
Joe T. Darden(2001) Race and Relations in the City, in Hand book of Urban Studies,
pp.177-193.
8.Gender and City
Linda M. McDowell(2001) Women, Men, Cities, in Hand book of Urban Studies,
pp.206-219.
Part III City as a Commander of Global Economy
9.Cities in Global Economy
Saskia Sassen(2001) Cities in the Global Economy, in Hand book of Urban Studies,
pp.256-272.
Donald Mcneill and Adan While(2001) The New Urban Economies, in Hand book of
Urban Studies, pp.296-307.
10.Colin C. Williams and Jan Windebank(2001) The Growth of Urban
Informal Economies, in Hand book of Urban Studies, pp.308-324.
11. Urban Government
Michael Goldsmith(2001) Urban Government, in Hand book of Urban Studies,
pp.325-335.
Michael Peter Smith, The disappear of world cities and the globalization of local
politics, World Cities in a World System,pp.249-266.
Part IV Globalizing City
12. World City and Intercity Network
John Friedmann and Goetz Wolff, World City Formation: An Agenda for Research
and Action, in International Journal of Urban and Regional Rearch,6,3, 309-344.
John Friedmann, Intercity Network in a Globalizing Era, in global
City-Regions,pp.119-136.
13. Global City and after…
Saskia Sassen, On Concentration and Centrality in the Global City, World Cities in a
World System,PP.63-75.
Saskia Sassen, Global Cities and Global City-Regions: A Comparison, pp.78-95.
14. Global City-Regions
Allen J.Scott, John Agnew, Edward W. Soja and Michael Storper(2001)Global
City-Regions, in global City-Regions,pp.11-30.
Sir Peter Hall Global City-Regions in the Twenty-first: A Comparison, in Global
City-Regions, pp. 59-77.
15. Global City beyond the West
Smith, David(2001) Cities in Pacific Asia, in Hand book of Urban Studies,
pp.419-450.
Grigoriy Kostinskiy(2001) Post-Socialist Cities in Flux, in Hand book of Urban
Studies, pp.451-465.
16. Review and Prospect
Where We Stand: A Decade of World City Research, in World Cities in a World
System, pp.21-47.