Re-Imagining the City: Municipality and Urbanity Today from a Sociological Perspective

Abstract

the dynamic, fl eeting and complex reality of today's city there was a need for many congruent narratives, from highly disciplined scientifi c research to less analytical essays containing valuable observations, intuitions and syntheses, which are then the starting point and a signpost for more in-depth studies.Th e articles in this volume could have been ordered in many ways.Our approach is probably as arbitrary as any other, but in selecting the authors and deciding on the format/layout, we have been guided by several criteria.We worked to match and bind the texts thematically, so that each of the highlighted sections would be devoted to an important theme, phenomenon, or problem.We recognized that three topics in urban studies deserve special attention, so public spaces, neighbourhoods, and city policies are considered in the second, third, and fourth chapters of our book, respectively.We endeavoured to provide the reader with insights into the development of urban studies themselves, by providing examples of inspirational conceptual and methodological ideas that have emerged in recent years in the sociology of the city.And fi nally, in choosing the papers, we sought to provide the reader with a clear and full picture of not only the ways of thinking and approaches of researchers from many European research centres, but also the specifi cities of phenomena and problems aff ecting cities located in diff erent parts of our continent.Hoping that the book will fi nd a wide readership, we present a collection of Polish authors and topics that are representative of Polish urban studies.Th rough Re-Imagining the City… we also wanted to capture the network of connections among studies into urban sociology in Kraków, those carried out in Poland, and those of scholars throughout the world.It is also our heartfelt hope that the relationships established through this book will result in further joint research and publication projects.Th is volume could not have been created without the kindness and cooperation of many individuals and institutions.First of all, our gratitude to the authors for taking the time to share valuable experiences and refl ections.We are very thankful for the time and attention devoted to the writing of texts, but also for all the positive signals they sent us, which motivated us very much in the editorial work.Secondly, thanks

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