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The Globalizing Cities Reader - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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The Globalizing Cities Reader - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Series: Routledge Urban Reader Series
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The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the
geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western
vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field
was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many
of the original and foundational works that underpin the research
field, while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new
theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging
research foci and horizons. It contains 38 new chapters, including
key writings on globalizing cities from leading thinkers such as
John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor,
Manuel Castells, Anthony King, Jennifer Robinson, Ananya Roy, and
Fulong Wu. The new Reader reflects the fact that world and global
city studies have evolved in exciting and wide-ranging ways, and
the very notion of a distinct "global" class of cities has recently
been called into question. The sections examine the foundations of
the field and processes of urban restructuring and global city
formation. A large number of new entries focus on the emerging
urban worlds of Asia, Latin America and Africa, including Beijing,
Bogota, Cairo, Cape Town, Delhi, Istanbul, Medellin, Mumbai, Phnom
Penh, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai. The book also
presents cases off the conventional map of global cities research,
such as smaller cities and less known urban regions that are
undergoing processes of globalization. The book is a key resource
for students and scholars alike who seek an accessible compendium
of the intellectual foundations of global urban studies as well as
an overview of the emergent patterns of early 21st century
urbanization and associated sociopolitical contestation around the
world.
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