The making of global city regions:Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
Publication Dates: | 2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Johns Hopkins studies in globalization |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 369 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780801885150 (alk. paper) 0801885159 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F114 |
CLC: |
F114.41 TU984-1 F291.1-1 |
Call Number: | TU984-1/M235 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context. Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin ; Mumbai: the mega-city of a poor country / Sujata Patel ; São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer ; Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu -- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions. Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell ; Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos ; Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák ; From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu -- Contested future: discourses and images in city regions. The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Beauregard and Richard Tomlinson ; Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote ; Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi ; Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun -- Comments by senior officials. Johannesburg / Roland Hunter ; Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Phatak ; São Paulo / Jorge Wilheim ; Shanghai / Zhu Linchu -- Conclusion: challenges ahead for the southern contenders / Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann. |