Global Metropolitan : Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World.

Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities. The book explores the meaning of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rennie-Short, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Series:Questioning cities series.
Subjects:
Metropolitan areas.
Urbanization.
Globalization.
Cosmopolitanism.
City dwellers > Social conditions.
City dwellers > Economic conditions.
City and town life.
Urbanisation.
Mondialisation.
Cosmopolitisme.
Citadins > Conditions sociales.
Citadins > Conditions économiques.
Vie urbaine.
urbanization.
globalism.
City and town life
City dwellers > Economic conditions
City dwellers > Social conditions
Cosmopolitanism
Globalization
Metropolitan areas
Urbanization
Communities - Urban Groups.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Global Metropolitan: Globalizing cities in a capitalist world; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Globalization and the city; 3. From world cities to globalizing cities; 4. Globalizing cities; 5. Black holes and loose connections; 6. Tensions in the global city; 7. The modalities of the global city; 8. Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the Games; 9. The super-rich and the global city; 10. The global, the city and the body; References; Index.

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