This international collection provides a comprehensive overview of
twin cities in different circumstances - from the emergent to the
recently amalgamated, on 'soft' and 'hard' borders, with
post-colonial heritage, in post-conflict environments and under
strain. With examples from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia,
South America, North America and the Caribbean, the volume sees
twin cities as intense thermometers for developments in the wider
urban world globally. It offers interdisciplinary perspectives that
bridge history, politics, culture, economy, geography and other
fields, applying these lenses to examples of twin cities in remote
places. Providing a comparative approach and drawing on a range of
methodologies, the book explores where and how twin cities arise;
what twin cities can tell us about international borders; and the
way in which some twin cities bear the spatial marks of their
colonial past. The chapters explore the impact on twin-city
relations of contemporary pressures, such as mass migration, the
rise of populism, East-West tensions, international crime,
surveillance, rebordering trends and epidemiological risks
triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With case studies across the
continents, this volume for the first time extends twin-city
debates to fictional imaginings of twin cities. Twin Cities across
Five Continents is a valuable resource for researchers in the
fields of anthropology, history, geography, urban studies, border
studies, international relations and global development as well as
for students in these disciplines.
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