Sociology of new york city

Sociology of new york city 

Paper details Answer the follwing question each question its own page do not refer or connect them to eachother consider each question to be its own short essay and refer to the reading assigned in the instructions 1)How does Sidewalk or the sociology of New York City help us think about the increasing inequality in society? About homelessness? 2)Which forces are central to understanding the hegemonic and dominant conceptualizations and practices of life and the respective criteria for valuation in the global city? 3)While there was, as Phillips-Fein writes, the appeal of “a certain freedom in the unkempt metropolis” there was also danger. Identify how this dynamic might shape the life of a city. 4)What might be some reasons that SoHo “city-user pedestrians may decreasingly be into the art at all” and, in fact, may “laugh” at it? What are modern expressive values that might support or resist this critique? 5)What insight does Sidewalk provide regarding the structural relations that exist in society? How might they be represented by the organization and experience of the city and its inhabitants? for question 1 refer to readings:I. Wu, C. “Moving from Urban Sociology to the Sociology of the City,” The American Sociologist.

(2015) I. Borer, I. “Being in the City: The Sociology of Urban Experiences,” Sociology Compass. (2016) For question 2 refer to readings: I. Sassen, S. “The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier,” American Studies. (2000) II. Ray, K. “The Immigrant Restaurateur and the American City: Taste, Toil, and the Politics of Inhabitation,” Social Research. (2014) For question 3 refer to readings :I. Philips-Fein, K. Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics. (2017 I. Jacobs, J. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. (1961) [Chapters 1, 2-6 (select three), 7-12 (select two), 13, 17, 18, 19, & 22] For question 4 refer to readings: Molotch, H. & Treskon, M. “Changing Art: SoHo, Chelsea and the Dynamic Geography of Galleries in New York City,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. (2009) I. Zukin, S., et, al. “New Retail Capital and Neighborhood Change: Boutiques and Gentrification in New York City,” City & Community. (2009) For question 5 refer to readings: Wu, C. “Moving from Urban Sociology to the Sociology of the City,” The American Sociologist. (2015) I. Borer, I. “Being in the City: The Sociology of Urban Experiences,” Sociology Compass. (2016)