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↗URBN 1000: Introduction to CitiesPart 3: Understanding the City: Theoretical PerspectivesClass Outline: ➢ Chicago School to LA School➢ Political economy➢ Urban growth machinesCritical Urban Sociology↗ Also known as urban political economy; early 1970s↗ Critiqued Chicago School of urban sociology, which focused on “where things are” and “description rather than analysis” (1920s)↗ Also critiqued the political and social upheaval of the 1960s↗ Also known as Postmodernism and The Los Angeles School ↗ Focus: distribution of wealth and political power in cities↗ Uneven development (eg: Uptown vs. 9th Ward)↗ Why does inequality exist? Because of conflict between…↗ Chicago School: economic competition (just like competition in the evolutionary world), survival of the fittest; “natural” ↗ LA School: policy makers and corporations make decisionsChicago School vs. L.A. SchoolChicago School Los Angeles School1920s and 1930s older, more centric rustbelt, industrial cities1970s and 1980s newer, sprawled out sunbelt citiesEcological/biological models: cities as “organisms” with “nuclei”Critiqued 1960s social upheaval and helps explain post deindustrializationFocuses on “description” and “where things are” located in citiesFocuses on challenging assumptions of city life and analyzes the “why” and “how”Sees inequality as “naturally” occurring through economic competitionSees inequality as occurring because of deliberate government & economic policiesScientific method of North American cities Theoretical methods and globalizationLos AngelesUrban Political Economy↗ An updated version of traditional urban economics↗ Late 1960s/early 1970s because traditional economics fails to understand the current inequality of cities↗ Argues that profit making and capitalism shape cities↗ How to explain:↗ The dramatic decline of industrial jobs in American cities↗ Movement of millions of people to the suburbs↗ Movement of people from the Snowbelt to the Sunbelt↗ Intensifying financial problems of U.S. citiesUrban Political economy↗ City form & growth is not natural↗ Decisions made by people and organizations with power and $↗ Neighborhoods don’t just “naturally” grow because of an ecological process; segregation happens b/c of government policies and economic investment ↗ Government shapes the economy : redistributes resources & $$↗ Works to foster capitalism and also provides safety nets (bailouts)↗ Economic restructuring drives changes in urban form↗ Example of the city disinvestment and suburban investment↗ Cities exist within a global urban hierarchyUrban Growth Machines↗ Who are the important decision makers in North American cities and why do they do what they do?↗ An application of “abstract versus social space”↗ Urban growth coalitions: bankers, investors, businesspeople, corporate owners, developers, politicians seek investment and profit in cities, promoting the city’s image to stimulate the city’s economy↗ Local residents: social space↗ New Orleans: we invest the most money in downtown, CBD, Superdome area, French Quarter. Why?Urban Areas as Themed Environments↗ The transformation of public space into a “packaged, themed environment” ↗ New York and Times Square; New Orleans and the French Quarter↗ Disneyworld, Orlando, FL—”artificial city environment”↗ “all of the glitz and excitement of an actual urban boulevard, but with none of the problems associated with real city life…no carjackers, no panhandlers, no grime, no graffiti, no hookers…”↗ Space is “socially produced”:↗ Abstract space: what businesses, people, investors, and government have in mind when they discuss cities↗ Social space: the everyday lives and practices of people who live, work, and play in cities; what locals perceive their space to beTimes Square, New York 1970s/early 1980sTimes Square, pre “Disneyfication”New Orleans


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