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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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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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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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

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Published in
Baltimore
Series
Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
Genre
Case studies

Classifications

Library of Congress
HT151 .M346 2007, HT151.M346 2007

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Pagination
xi, 369 p. :
Number of pages
369

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Open Library
OL17217720M
Internet Archive
makingofglobalci0000unse
ISBN 10
0801885159
ISBN 13
9780801885150
LCCN
2006019752
OCLC/WorldCat
70176816
Library Thing
5469156
Goodreads
456998

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