Moscow University Press
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This textbook is intended for students studying sociology, social management, and urban studies, as well as for a wide range of readers interested in the history of urbanization and the specific features of its current stage.
This textbook explores the specifics of the sociological approach to understanding the city and urbanization, examines the history of this research field, and characterizes the current state of this field of sociological knowledge.
It presents in detail the concepts of A. Lefebvre, M. Castells, D. Harvey, R. Sennett, S. Sassen, J. Therborn, and E. Soya, which are of greatest significance to contemporary sociological theory.
