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001 2006019752
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005 20070808082331.0
008 060619s2007 mduab b 001 0 eng
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245 04 $aThe making of global city regions :$bJohannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai /$cedited by Klaus Segbers, with the assistance of Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2007.
300 $axi, 369 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aJohns Hopkins studies in globalization
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aCities and towns$vCase studies.
650 0 $aGlobalization.
700 1 $aSegbers, Klaus.
700 1 $aRaiser, Simon.
700 1 $aVolkmann, Krister.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006019752.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006019752-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006019752-d.html