Josef Gugler (ed.)
World Cities Beyond the West
Globalization, Development and Inequality
Herausgeber: Gugler, Josef; Josef, Gugler
Josef Gugler (ed.)
World Cities Beyond the West
Globalization, Development and Inequality
Herausgeber: Gugler, Josef; Josef, Gugler
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Study of major cities in countries outside the industrialized West.
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- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 416
- Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 672g
- ISBN-13: 9780521536851
- ISBN-10: 0521536855
- Artikelnr.: 20968126
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 416
- Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
- Gewicht: 672g
- ISBN-13: 9780521536851
- ISBN-10: 0521536855
- Artikelnr.: 20968126
Josef Gugler is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Contemporary African Studies at the University of Connecticut. Much of his work focuses on urbanization in Africa and he has authored and co-authored numerous books and edited volumes including African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent (2003), Cities, Poverty, and Development: Urbanization in the Third World (with Alan Gilbert, 1992), and Urbanisation and Social Change in West Africa (with William G. Flanagan, 1978).
Introduction Josef Gugler; Part I. The Impact of the Global Political
Economy: 1. Shanghai: remaking China's future global city Weiping Wu and
Shahid Yusuf; 2. Seoul: complementing economic success with Games
Yeong-Hyun Kim; 3. Bangkok: evolution and adaptation under stress Douglas
Webster; 4. Cairo: too many people, not enough land, too few resources
Janet Abu-Lughod; 5. Mexico City in an era of globalization and demographic
downturn Peter M. Ward; Part II. The Impact of the State: 6. Moscow's
changing fortunes under three regimes James H. Bater; 7. Hong Kong's
pathway to becoming a global city Alvin Y. So; 8. Singapore: forming the
family for a world city Janet W. Salaff; 9. Jakarta: globalization,
economic crisis, and social change Dean Forbes; Part III. The Impact of
Popular Movements: 10. Sao Paulo: the political and socio-economic
transformations wrought by the New Labor Movement in the city and beyond
Maria Helena Moreira Alves; 11. Bombay/Mumbai: globalization, inequalities,
and politics Sujata Patel; 12. Johannesburg: race, inequality, and
urbanization Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell; Afterword Saskia Sassen.
Economy: 1. Shanghai: remaking China's future global city Weiping Wu and
Shahid Yusuf; 2. Seoul: complementing economic success with Games
Yeong-Hyun Kim; 3. Bangkok: evolution and adaptation under stress Douglas
Webster; 4. Cairo: too many people, not enough land, too few resources
Janet Abu-Lughod; 5. Mexico City in an era of globalization and demographic
downturn Peter M. Ward; Part II. The Impact of the State: 6. Moscow's
changing fortunes under three regimes James H. Bater; 7. Hong Kong's
pathway to becoming a global city Alvin Y. So; 8. Singapore: forming the
family for a world city Janet W. Salaff; 9. Jakarta: globalization,
economic crisis, and social change Dean Forbes; Part III. The Impact of
Popular Movements: 10. Sao Paulo: the political and socio-economic
transformations wrought by the New Labor Movement in the city and beyond
Maria Helena Moreira Alves; 11. Bombay/Mumbai: globalization, inequalities,
and politics Sujata Patel; 12. Johannesburg: race, inequality, and
urbanization Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell; Afterword Saskia Sassen.
Introduction Josef Gugler; Part I. The Impact of the Global Political
Economy: 1. Shanghai: remaking China's future global city Weiping Wu and
Shahid Yusuf; 2. Seoul: complementing economic success with Games
Yeong-Hyun Kim; 3. Bangkok: evolution and adaptation under stress Douglas
Webster; 4. Cairo: too many people, not enough land, too few resources
Janet Abu-Lughod; 5. Mexico City in an era of globalization and demographic
downturn Peter M. Ward; Part II. The Impact of the State: 6. Moscow's
changing fortunes under three regimes James H. Bater; 7. Hong Kong's
pathway to becoming a global city Alvin Y. So; 8. Singapore: forming the
family for a world city Janet W. Salaff; 9. Jakarta: globalization,
economic crisis, and social change Dean Forbes; Part III. The Impact of
Popular Movements: 10. Sao Paulo: the political and socio-economic
transformations wrought by the New Labor Movement in the city and beyond
Maria Helena Moreira Alves; 11. Bombay/Mumbai: globalization, inequalities,
and politics Sujata Patel; 12. Johannesburg: race, inequality, and
urbanization Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell; Afterword Saskia Sassen.
Economy: 1. Shanghai: remaking China's future global city Weiping Wu and
Shahid Yusuf; 2. Seoul: complementing economic success with Games
Yeong-Hyun Kim; 3. Bangkok: evolution and adaptation under stress Douglas
Webster; 4. Cairo: too many people, not enough land, too few resources
Janet Abu-Lughod; 5. Mexico City in an era of globalization and demographic
downturn Peter M. Ward; Part II. The Impact of the State: 6. Moscow's
changing fortunes under three regimes James H. Bater; 7. Hong Kong's
pathway to becoming a global city Alvin Y. So; 8. Singapore: forming the
family for a world city Janet W. Salaff; 9. Jakarta: globalization,
economic crisis, and social change Dean Forbes; Part III. The Impact of
Popular Movements: 10. Sao Paulo: the political and socio-economic
transformations wrought by the New Labor Movement in the city and beyond
Maria Helena Moreira Alves; 11. Bombay/Mumbai: globalization, inequalities,
and politics Sujata Patel; 12. Johannesburg: race, inequality, and
urbanization Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell; Afterword Saskia Sassen.