<p style="text-align: justify;">"This innovative volume offers a much needed update on urban politics in a globalized world... Davidson and Martin, as well as contributors, chart new territory and produce thought-provoking research that move the field in a more critical direction"<br /><em><strong>- Setha M. Low, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York</strong></em><br /><br />"A critical analysis of power and politics is essential to an understanding of contemporary urbanism. Informative and challenging, clear and sophisticated, <em>Urban Politics: Critical Approaches</em> encourages readers to grapple with the great diversity of analytical lenses that frame urban political research through detailed, engaging case studies"<br /><em><strong>- Eugene McCann, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Canada</strong></em></p>This critical, thought provoking discussion of contemporary urban politics places key issues in a geographical context. Divided into three sections:<ul> <li>The urban as political setting</li> <li>The urban as political medium</li> <li>The urban as political community</li></ul><p><strong></strong></p><strong></strong><p><strong></strong>The text provides a thorough theoretical grounding with an extensive thematic overview. This unique approach links classical, institutional urban politics with a broader set of urban politics and practices.</p><p><strong></strong></p><strong></strong><p>With case study material integrated throughout, and consideration given to the discussion of different urban politics from multiple theoretical perspectives, this is a completely up to date overview for students of urban geography, urban studies, urban sociology, and of course, urban politics.</p>