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1 SOC311/3311 Urban Sociology Course Description This course explores important aspects of the urban environment: The changing nature of community, the effects of design and planning policies, social inequality, social problems, globalisation, and social conflicts in the city. Students will be introduced to core schools of thought in urban sociology, and reflect on contemporary urban social issues. Instructor Prof Paul O'Connor WYL228 Tel: Office Hours: Tue: 10:00 12:00; Wed: 10:00-11:00; Thu: 10:00-12:00 Class Time Lecture: Wed: 14:00-16:00 (WYL 106) Tutorials: Mon: 11:30-13:30 (LK G03) & 15:30-16:30 (WYL111) Prerequisite SOC101/2101 Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the course students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate comprehension of the core schools of thought in urban sociology. 2. Critically review urban material design and policy formulation with respect to social inequalities. E.g. class, ethnicity, gender, migration, age, and education. 3. Articulate how the changing urban environment interacts with humans to influence behaviours and quality of life. 4. Evaluate contemporary cities and policies using concepts and methods learnt from the course. Teaching Method Teaching and learning combines both individual and group work components. Major concepts and issues will be discussed in the lectures. Tutorials are held in the format of reading groups, case study work and presentations. Students will also write an individual essay and sit for a final exam. Indicative Contents 1. Introduction: the Changing Faces of Cities 2. The City in History 3. Classical Urban Sociological Theory 4. New Urban Sociological Theory 5. Urban Planning 6. New Town Development and Decentralization 7. Inequality, Crime & Segregation 8. Urban Renewal and Gentrification 9. Globalization and Flowing Networks 10. Culture & Subculture 11. Urban disasters: Crises, Solidarity and Identity 12. Urban Politics and Civic Disobedience

2 Assessment Final Examination 40% Essay 20% Case Study Presentation 15% Tutorial Participation 15% 1. Final Examination (40%) The exam will include 2-3 short compulsory questions and choices of essay questions. They will draw on class readings and discussions. (Learning Outcomes 1-4) 2. Essay (20%) Students will be provided with an essay topic/question on October 14 and must write a critical response between 1,500 and 2000 words. This will draw on course readings and must be consistently referenced. Essays must be submitted by October 28 via TurnItIn on Moodle with one printed hard copy to WYL201 by the due date. Essays should include course code, student Id number, word count, and essay title. Late submissions will receive a reduction in grade for each day late (e.g. B to B-). If students are concerned about time management, please see me ahead of the due date. Students must also take note of University rules against plagiarism (see end of this document) and strictly abide by them. (Learning Outcomes 1 & 2) 3. Case Study Presentation (15%) Students will be asked to form a small group in tutorial on September 14 and decide on a location in Hong Kong to perform a case study. Applying knowledge and insights from class readings and discussions students must provide a social spatial analysis of their chosen area in their presentation. Case study progress will be discussed on October 12. Presentations will take place in tutorial on November 23 and will be graded on effort, content, and collaboration. (Learning outcomes 3 & 4) 4. Tutorial Participation (15%) Tutorial participation involves students responding to reading questions, engaging in discussions, and extending and exploring ideas. Here students must prioritise their readings in order to excel. Tutorials are used to consolidate ideas and also to make connections to local and topical issues. (Learning outcomes 1-4) Class and Reading Schedule (*Starred items are required readings, non-stared items are recommended). Week 1 Introduction: The Changing Faces of Cities * Gottdiener M., and Hutchison R. (2011) The New Urban Sociology (Fourth Edition), Westview Press. Chapter 1. The New Urban Sociology, pp Week 2 The City in History * Flanagan, W. (2009) Urban Sociology: Images and Structure. Rowman and Litttlefield. Chapter 2, pp

3 Mumford, L. (1989) The City in History, Harcourt. Chapter 1. Sanctuary, Village, and Stronghold, pp Week 3 Classical Urban Sociological Theory * Savage, M. & Warde, A. (1993) Urban Sociology, Capitalism and Modernity, Palgrave. Chapter 2 The Roots of Urban Sociology, pp * Required tutorial reading your case study group will be assigned one of the following chapters (from Lin, J. & Mele, C. The Urban Sociology Reader, Routledge,) to read and discuss in tutorial. - Simmel, G. The metropolis and mental life pp Wirth, L. Urbanism as a way of life pp Park, R.E. Human Ecology pp Gottdiener M. & Hutchison, R. (2011) The New Urban Sociology (Fourth Edition), Westview Press. Chapter 3. The Rise of Urban Sociology, pp Week 4 New Urban Sociological Theory * Gottdiener M., and Hutchison R. (2011) The New Urban Sociology (Fourth Edition), Westview Press. Chapter 4. Contemporary Urban Sociology, pp * Lefebrve, H. (2007) The Production of Space, Blackwell, pp Week 5 Urban Planning * Goodstadt, L. (2014) Poverty in the Midst of Affluence, Hong Kong University Press. Chapter 3. Housing: Unending Crisis, pp * Huang, T. Y. (2004) Walking Between Slums and Skyscrapers, Hong Kong University Press. Chapter 1. Hong Kong: a Nodal Point of Dual Compression from British Empire Colony to Disney Kingdom Outpost, pp Squires, G. (1991) Partnership and the Pursuit of the Private City in The Urban Sociology Reader (Second Edition), ed. by Lin & Mele, Routledge, pp Sandercock, L. (2003) Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities, Continuum. Chapter 2. Rewriting Planning History, pp Week 6 New Town Development and Decentralization * Alexander, A. (2009) Britain s New Towns: Garden Cities to Sustainable Communities, Routledge. Chapter 5. The Origin of the New Town Concept, pp * Chan, E. (2009) Voices of Tinshuiwai Women, Mguru. pp &

4 Week 7 Inequality, Crime and Segregation * Bauman, Z. (2010) 44 Letters to the Liquid Modern World, Polity. Chapter 39 Strangers are dangers Are they, indeed? pp * Gottdiener M., and Hutchison R. (2011) The New Urban Sociology (Fourth Edition), Westview Press. Chapter 9. Metropolitan Problems, pp Groves, J., Ho, W.Y., & Siu, K. (2012) Youth Studies and Timescapes: Insight from an Ethnographic Study of Young Night Drifters in Hong Kong s Public Housing Estates, Youth and Society, 44 (4). pp Law, L. K. (2015) Hong Kong Citizens Understanding of Islam: the case of the Sheung Shui Mosque Development Project, Asian Anthropology 14 (1). pp Week 8 Urban Renewal and Gentrification * Florida, R. (2003) Cities and the Creative Class in The Urban Sociology Reader, ed. by Lin & Mele, Routledge. pp Smith, N. (1979) Toward a Theory of Gentrification: A Back to the City Movement by Capital, Not People, in The Gentrification Reader, ed. by Lees, Slater & Wyly, Routledge. Chapter 9. pp Week 9 Globalization and Flowing Networks * Chu, Y. W. (2013) Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China, SUNY. Chapter 4. Brand Hong Kong: Asia s World City as Method, pp * Friedman, J. (1986) The World City Hypothesis and Introduction to Part Five, in The Urban Sociology Reader, ed. by Lin & Mele, Routledge. pp Mathews, G. (2007) Chungking Mansions: A Center for Low-end Globalization, Ethnology, 46 (2). pp Week 10 - Culture & Subculture * Cheng, S. L. (2001) Consuming Places in Hong Kong: Experiencing Lan Kwai Fong, in Consuming Hong Kong, ed. by Lui & Mathews, Hong Kong University Press. Chapter 8. pp * Jenson, A., Swords, J. & Jeffries, M. (2012) The Accidental Youth Club: Skateboarding in Newcastle-Gateshead, Journal of Urban Design, 17 (3). pp * Massey, D. (1994) Space, Place and Gender, in The City Cultures Reader, ed. Routledge. pp

5 Week 11 Urban Disasters: Crises, Solidarity and Identity * Rogers, P. (2012) Resilience and the City, Ashgate. Chapter 4. The Struggle for the City: Disaster, War and Disorder Over Time, pp * Vale, L.J. & Campanella, T.J. (2005) The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster, Oxford. pp Back, L. (2007) The Art of Listening, Berg. Chapter 5. London Calling, pp Week 12 Urban Politics and Civil Disobedience * Harvey, D. (2003) The Right to the City, in The Urban Sociology Reader, ed. by Lin & Mele, Routledge. pp * Ho, L. (2014) The Right to Hong Kong, Open Democracy. *Au, L. Hong Kong and its people will continue to speak up until they are heard, South China Morning Post. Date Class Task 2 September 1 - Introduction 7 September Tutorial 9 September 2 - The City in history 14 September Tutorial Form case study groups 16 September 3 - Classic Urban Sociology 21 September Tutorial Discuss chosen chapters 23 September 4 - New Urban Sociology 30 September 5 - Urban Planning 5 October Tutorial 7 October 6 - New Town Development 12 October Tutorial Case study updates 14 October 7 - Inequality, Crime, & Inequality Essay questions given out 26 October Tutorial 28 October 8 Urban Renewal & Gentrification Essay due date 2 November Tutorial 4 November 9 Globalization & Networks 9 November Tutorial 11 November 10 Culture & Subculture 16 November Tutorial 18 November 11 Urban Disasters: Crises 23 November Tutorial Case Study Presentation 25 November 12 Urban Politics & Civic 30 November Tutorial 2 December Revision (optional) The final exam will fall between 9-22 December.

6 Further reading. These are some suggestions; the library carries many more texts. General Texts Allen, J., Masey, D. & Pryke, M. (1999) Unsettling Cities, Routledge. Savage, M., & Warde, A. (1993) Urban Sociology, Capitalism and Modernity, Palgrave. Gottdiener M., and Hutchison R. (2011) The New Urban Sociology (Fourth Edition), Westview Press. Hawley, A. (1981) Urban Society: An Ecological Approach, Wiley. Flanagan, W. (2003) Contemporary Urban Sociology, Cambridge. Flanagan, W. (2009) Urban Sociology: Images and Structure, Rowman and Litttlefield. LeGates, R. T. & Stout, F. (1996) The City Reader, Routledge. Lu, D. (2012) The Great Urbanization of China, World Scientific. Macionis, J. (2007) Cities and Urban Life, Prentice Hall. Park, R.E., Burgess E.W., & McKenzie, R.D. (1967) The City, University of Chicago Press. Sassen, S. (2006) Cities in a World Economy, Pine Forge. Schwab, W. (1992) The Sociology of Cities, Prentice Hall. Short, J. (1996) The Urban Order: An Introduction to Cities, Culture, and Power, Blackwell. Wu, F. (2007) China s Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism, Routledge. Topical Texts Abbas, A. (1997) Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance, Hong Kong University Press. Atkinson, R. (2005) Gentrification in a Global Context: The New Urban Colonialism, Routledge. Benjamin, W. (1999) The Arcades Project, Belknap Press. Borden, I. (2001) Skateboarding, Space and the City, Berg. Bruegmann, R. (2005) Sprawl: A Compact History, University of Chicago. Drake, J. (1996) Changing Places: Women s Lives in the City, Paul Chapman Publishers.

7 Fried, M. (1972) Grieving for a Lost Home, in People and Buildings, ed. by Robert Gutman, New York: Basic Books, pp Glaser, E. (2011) The Triumph of the City, Penguin. Lefebvre, H. (2004) Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life, Continuum. Macek, S. (2006) Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right, and the Moral Panic Over the City, Minnesota. Mayaram, S. (2009) The Other Global City, Routledge. Sennett, R. (2002) Flesh and Stone: The Body and the City in Western Civilization, Penguin. Wang, J. (2011) Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History o Planning Modern Beijing, World Scientific. IMPORTANT Students shall be aware of the University regulations about dishonest practice in course work and the possible consequences as stipulated in the Regulations Governing University Examinations. With regard to your coursework in particular, you are reminded: You must note the sources of quotations, data and general information in the essay. These sources/references should appear in alphabetical order in your list of references/bibliography. According to Lingnan University and Social Sciences Programme policy, plagiarism is "presentation of another person's work without proper acknowledgment of the source". Plagiarism (unattributed copying) will be heavily penalised and may attract a zero mark and disciplinary action. Dishonest practice is not limited to plagiarism; other forms of dishonest practice may include submitting the same piece of work (or a significant part of the same piece of work) for more than

SOCIOLOGY. Mark Gottdiener. University at Buffalo. Ray Hutchison. UniversityofWisconsin-Green Bay. Michael T. Ryan. Dodge City Community College

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