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World city syndrome : neoliberalism and inequality in Cape Town /
Is Cape Town a world city? In many respects, yes. It fits the description of world cities laid out in the academic literature on the subject (albeit as a peripheral player) and has an increasingly complex global network of connections. But the academic description of a world city does not adequately...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in human geography ;
18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Is Cape Town a world city? In many respects, yes. It fits the description of world cities laid out in the academic literature on the subject (albeit as a peripheral player) and has an increasingly complex global network of connections. But the academic description of a world city does not adequately capture or explore the dynamics of urbanization in Cape Town. As useful as this theoretical paradigm may be in describing the service-oriented, globally linked and polarized nature of the city, it fails to assess and address the key features of urban capitalist crisis that shape Cape Town and the neoliberal policies and institutions that have emerged as a result. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-344) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135903374 1135903379 0203939670 9780203939673 |