An edition of The Making of Global City Regions (2007)

The making of global city regions

Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai

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An edition of The Making of Global City Regions (2007)

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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369

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Cities and towns, Case studies, Globalization
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Cover of: The making of global city regions
The making of global city regions: Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai
2007, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cover of: The Making of Global City Regions
The Making of Global City Regions: Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai (Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization)
February 27, 2007, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Table of Contents

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Baltimore
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Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
Genre
Case studies

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HT151 .M346 2007, HT151.M346 2007

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xi, 369 p. :
Number of pages
369

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OL17217720M
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2006019752
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70176816
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5469156
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456998

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