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      Global Metropolitan book

      Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World

      Global Metropolitan

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      Global Metropolitan book

      Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World
      ByJohn Rennie-Short
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2004
      eBook Published 27 May 2004
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203508657
      Pages 160
      eBook ISBN 9780203508657
      Subjects Geography, Social Sciences
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      Rennie-Short, J. (2004). Global Metropolitan: Globalizing Cities in a Capitalist World (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203508657

      ABSTRACT

      Exploring the connections between globalization and urbanization, this notable book places particular emphasis on understanding the economic function of global cities, the political process of globalizing cities, and the cultural significance of cosmopolitan cities.

      The book explores the meaning of the globalizing project in cities:

      • the maintaining, securing and increasing of urban economic competitiveness in a global world
      • the reimagining of the city
      • the rewriting of the city for both internal and external audiences
      • the construction of new spaces and the hosting of new events.

      Specific chapters look at the significance of signature architects, the hosting of the Summer Olympics and the role of the super-rich. The main thesis of the book is that this discourse of globalizing is a major force in the restructuring of cities around the world.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|8 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 2|12 pages

      Globalization and the city

      chapter 3|11 pages

      From world cities to globalizing cities

      chapter 4|15 pages

      Globalizing cities

      chapter 5|10 pages

      Black holes and loose connections

      chapter 6|11 pages

      Tensions in the global city

      chapter 7|18 pages

      The modalities of the global city

      chapter 8|23 pages

      Going for gold: globalizing the Olympics, localizing the Games

      chapter 9|14 pages

      The super-rich and the global city

      chapter 10|8 pages

      The global, the city and the body

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