Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-514204-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Global Cities examines the enormous changes that have been wrought on urban life in the wake of globalization.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
Weitere Infos & Material
- 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
