Global Cities - Brossura

Abrahamson, Mark

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0195142047 ISBN 13: 9780195142044

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2004

Riassunto

Global Cities examines the enormous changes that have been wrought on urban life in the wake of globalization.

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Contenuti:

• Each chapter concludes with Endnotes
• 1. Introduction, Background, and Preview
• Identifying global cities
• The economic and cultural background
• Cities and regions
• Appendix: The virtual workplace
• 2. People, Places, and Life-Styles
• The financial services sector
• Power and oppositions
• Yuppies and dinks in gentrified areas
• International tourists and tourism
• Tourism and hyper-consumption
• Edge cities
• 3. Immigration
• Hostility and dependence
• The immigrants
• Illegal entrants
• Enclaves
• Citizenship and the nation-state
• 4. Cities in the Global Economy
• Global classifications
• Location of stock exchanges
• International banking and finance
• Multinational corporations and foreign investment
• Corporate service firms
• The economic hierarchy
• Post-script: Separating products and places
• 5. Inequality
• Measuring income inequality
• Inequality in global cities
• Spatial reflections
• Global inequality
• Inequality conclusions
• Appendix: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
• 6. Global Culture and the Cultural Industries
• Globalization, culture, and identity
• Rootlessness versus multiple identities
• Cultural industries and economy
• Entertainment conglomerates
• Concluding generalizations
• 7. The Global Cultural Industries Hierarchy
• Recorded music
• Movies
• Television
• The cultural industries hierarchy
• 8. Some Final Thoughts
• Designating global cities
• Cities and nation-states

Product Description:

Book by Abrahamson Mark

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0195142047
• ISBN 13: 9780195142044
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352