Cities, Change, and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life

This sixth edition of Cities, Change, and Conflict features a new, groundbreaking chapter on the relationship between the physical environment and human settlements, including the urban-rural nexus.

Nancy Kleniewski retired as President of the State University of New York at Oneonta in 2018. After receiving her PhD from Temple University, she served as Professor of Sociology at SUNY Geneseo, Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Provost at Bridgewater State University. She is the author or editor of five books and numerous articles on urban issues and urban policy and is the former chair of the Urban Affairs Association.

Alexander R. Thomas is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Oneonta. He received his PhD from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts and has gone on to author or co-author 9 books, including In Gotham’s Shadow, City and Country, and Urbanormativity, as well as 4 edited volumes and a number of refereed articles. His current research focuses on the historical development of cities and on the impact of COVID-19 on populations.