Mobile Urbanism - Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age (Paperback)

"Mobile Urbanism" provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading geographers reveal that cities are not isolated objects of study; rather, they are dynamic, global-local assemblages of policies, practices, and ideas.
The essays in this volume argue for a theorizing of both urban policymaking and place-making that understands them as groups of territorial and relational geographies. It broadens our comprehension of agents of transference, reconceiving how policies are made mobile, and acknowledging the importance of interlocal policy mobility. Through the richness of its empirical examples from Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, contributors bring to light the significant methodological challenges that researchers face in the study of an urban-global, territorial-relational conceptualization of cities and suggest productive new approaches to understanding urbanism in a networked world.
Contributors: S. Harris Ali, York U, Toronto; Allan Cochrane, Open U; Roger Keil, York U, Toronto; Doreen Massey, Open U; Donald McNeill, U of Western Sydney; Jamie Peck, U of British Columbia; Jennifer Robinson, University College London.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Globalization and Community
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Editors:	Eugene McCann • Kevin Ward
Foreword by:	Allan Cochrane
Contributors:	Doreen Massey
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-8166-5629-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
LSN:	0-8166-5629-0
Barcode:	9780816656295

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