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Global Cities (Hardcover, New)
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Global Cities (Hardcover, New)
Series: Critical Concepts in Urban Studies
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A striking consequence of contemporary globalization has been an
increase in the importance and prestige of cities. Whereas only a
generation or so ago cities were commonly viewed as 'problems', the
sites of society's ills, today they are more readily seen as
'solutions', places where twenty-first century dilemmas can most
successfully be resolved. Hence, argue the editors of this new
four-volume collection from Routledge, while globalization is
generally viewed as eroding the influence of states, cities have
come to the fore as the new spatial frame of the future. The old
modern international organization of states as a worldwide mosaic
of borders is being challenged by transnational spaces of flows
organized through city nodes in global networks. As serious work on
and around the subject flourishes as never before, Global Cities
answers the need for an authoritative reference work to map and
make sense of a vast body of literature and a continuing explosion
in research output. Edited by a team of leading scholars, the
collection brings together in four volumes the very best
foundational and cutting-edge contributions. The set is fully
indexed and each component volume has a comprehensive introduction,
newly written by the editors, which places the gathered material in
its historical and intellectual context. Global Cities is an
essential resource and is destined to be valued by scholars and
students as a vital one-stop research tool.
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