Module 3: Theories of Urban Sociology
  Lecture 19: Compositional and Cultural Theories
 


The Lecture Contains:

Ulf Hannerz's Study of the Inner-City Ghetto

Herbert Gans' Study of Slum Area in Boston

Quasi-Primary Relations in Urban Life

The Cosmopolite and the Childless

References

This lecture discusses field research on community and the rise of the compositional school

  • The community studies contradicted the social disorganization thesis
  • The theorists discovered the ‘mosaic of social worlds’
  • a variety of lifestyles which are a function of the complex interplay among class, ethnicity, race and gender