Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780815631729 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 187 str.

Richard Grant

Opis

With the urbanization of the world s population growing at an ever increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis that is based on the globablizing experience of Western cities. In Globalizing City Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana s capital city, to show how this African city is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions.
Grant reveals how the international, transnational, and local forces operate as drivers on the urban landscape of Accra. Through interviews and extensive field work, he examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels. Globalizing City offers an excellent case study of the complex social and economic dynamics that have transformed Accra, providing an essential guide for studying globalizing cities in general."