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Cities and Politics
Last update
10/07/09
Sciences Po now has a long tradition and a critical mass of researchers
in the multidimensional aspects of cities: law,
economics, sociology, geography and urbanism. This unique set
of skills should be brought to bear in an original way, portraying
cities as the most obvious, most material and yet most often downplayed
means of handling all the classical questions of the social sciences.
Indeed, studying cities is one of the most promising
ways to study the dynamics of globalization and its materialization
in urban processes. Understanding migration, economic
development, cultural modes or infrastructure necessitates comparisons
between metropolitan areas all over the world.
In particular, cities allow us to grasp the spatialization
of inequalities and segregation and therefore, the relationships
between social groups; to examine the modes of local and
urban governance and the resolution of conflict;
and to study the socio-economics of metropolitan areas, in particular
their institutions and economic development, the role they play
for industrial districts and regional economic policy objectives
within and beyond countries. Projects submitted in this area can
focus on these or other aspects related to urbanization and the
politics and social foundations of cities.
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