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The article describes the role of the Chicago School of Sociology in the development of empirical social research. It traces the increase in the significance of the education of doctoral students on American universities at the turn of the 20th century, and the role of philanthropic foundations. It focuses on the contribution of prominent individuals: W. R. Harper, rector and founder of the University of Chicago, obtained top figures and founded journals in some major fields. A. W. Small was the first chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, founded the American Journal of Sociology and wrote the first two textbooks of sociology. W. I. Thomas was responsible for the famous study Polish Peasant in Europe and America and for the theoretical foundations passed on to his successors. In 1916 R. E. Park published a project in which Chicago became a social laboratory and he inspired and was an advisor for numerous doctoral projects that later were published as sociological monographs. The methodologist E. W. Burgess organized empirical research for the school of doctoral studies that emerged in Chicago and successfully worked there for twenty years. It is beyond the scope of one article to discuss also the monographs by doctoral students at the University of Chicago. Paper examines in detail only the monograph by Park, Burgess and McKenzie titled The City.

Der Autor berichtet von einem Projekt des Amerika-Institutes der Universität München, das die Sozialgeschichte der deutschen eingewanderten Arbeiter in Chicago in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts aufarbeiten soll. Untersucht werden sollen (1) die soziale Schichtung der deutschen Immigranten in Chicago und die innerhalb der deutschen Arbeiterschaft, (2) die sozialen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschen, anderen Einwanderern und Amerikanern, (3) die Teilnahme der Deutschen an politischen Aktivitäten und (4) Kontinuitäten und Veränderungen innerhalb der Subkultur der deutschen Arbeitsimmigranten in ihrem Alltag. Als Quellen sollen die seit 1850 im Zehn-Jahres-Rhythmus folgenden Volksbefragungen in Chicago dienen, daneben die Analyse der zeitgenössischen Zeitungen 'Chicagoer Arbeiter-Zeitung', 'Vorbote' und 'Fackel' sowie Nachbarschaftsstudien, die auf den Daten der Volksbefragungen beruhen. (RS)

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Chicago: Neoliberal City -- Part I. Context -- Chapter 1. Class and Race-Ethnicity in a Changing City: A Historical Perspective on Inequalities -- Chapter 2. Metropolitan Chicago's Geography of Inequality -- Chapter 3. Contemporary Chicago Politics: Myth, Reality, and Neoliberalism -- Part II. Neoliberal Visions -- Chapter 4. Urban Sustainability and the "Greening" of Neoliberal Chicago -- Chapter 5. Sports and Blue-Collar Mythology in Neoliberal Chicago -- Part III. Neoliberal Spaces -- Chapter 6. Remaking Chicago's Industrial Spaces -- Chapter 7. Becoming "Boystown" in Neoliberal Chicago: A Critical Urban Morphology of the North Halsted-Broadway Corridor -- Chapter 8. Historic Preservation in a Neoliberal Context: From the Medinah Temple to Bloomingdale's -- Part IV. Neoliberal Processes -- Chapter 9. Neighborhood Impacts of the Foreclosure Crisis -- Chapter 10. The Chicago Bid to Host the 2016 Olympics: Much Promised, Little Learned -- Chapter 11. Surveillance, Security, and Intelligence-Led Policing in Chicago -- Conclusion: Beyond Neoliberal Chicago -- The Contributors -- Index

The neoliberal philosophy of fiscal austerity aligned with reduced regulation has transformed Chicago. As pursued by mayor Rahm Emanuel and his predecessor Richard M. Daley, neoliberalism led officials to privatize everything from parking meters to schools, gut regulations and social services, and promote gentrification wherever possible. The essayists explore an essential question: how does neoliberalism work on the ground in today's Chicago? Contextual chapters explore race relations, physical development, and why Chicago embraced neoliberalism. Other contributors delve into aspects of the neoliberal vision, neoliberalism's impact on three iconic city spaces, and how events like the 2008 foreclosure crisis and the bid to attract the Olympic Games reveal the workings of neoliberalism