ABSTRACT
It is unfair and inaccurate to assume that, without any local agency, third world cities have been passively integrated into the capitalist world economy or linked into the global networks of production, financial capital and consumption. Evidence of global forces present themselves in every corner of those cities, whether through Nike’s overseas contractors, local Western Union agents, internet cafés, International Monetary Fund resident representative offices or non-governmental organization training centers. Still, people, communities and governments in third world cities rework global forces on their own terms. In Chapter 6, we reviewed the ongoing debate on localizing forces in globalizing cities in the developed world. We now expand that debate to include those in third world cities.
