Global Rome : Changing Faces of the Eternal City /

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"Is 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning,...

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Other Authors: Thomassen, Bjorn (Associate professor) (Editor), Marinaro, Isabella Clough (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urbanization.
Urban policy.
Social conditions.
Community development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Politique urbaine > Italie > Rome.
Urbanisation > Italie > Rome.
Social Conditions.
Social Sciences.
Sociology & Social History.
Community development > Italy > Rome.
Urban policy > Italy > Rome.
Urbanization > Italy > Rome.
Italy > Rome.
Rome (Italy) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Is 21st-century Rome a global city? Is it part of Europe's core or periphery? This volume examines the "real city" beyond Rome's historical center, exploring the diversity and challenges of life in neighborhoods affected by immigration, neoliberalism, formal urban planning, and grassroots social movements. The contributors engage with themes of contemporary urban studies-the global city, the self-made city, alternative modernities, capital cities and nations, urban change from below, and sustainability. Global Rome serves as a provocative introduction to the Eternal City and makes an original contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages).
ISBN:9780253013019

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