Re-Living the Global City: Global/Local Processes

ISBN-13: 9780367871239 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 134 str.

John Eade; Chris Rumford

Opis

After reflecting upon how debates in the field have developed since the original publication, the contributors seek to drive the debate forward through discussion of contemporary themes and issues such as borders and bordering, social movements, community and global connectivity. They consider the ways in which the city produces d

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Chapter One - Global Transformations in the Metropolis, Then and Now - Darren O’Byrne

Chapter Two - Living the Global Stranger - Chris Rumford

Chapter Three - Homecomings: Provincializing the Global City - Jörg Dürrschmidt

Chapter Four - Transnational Subjectivities: Revisiting Community in the Global City - Myria Georgiou

Chapter Five - Mobility without Movement: G/local Bordering Processes as a Fundamental Aspect of Globalization and Global Connectivity - Anthony Cooper

Chapter Six - Making Yourself at Home: Transnational Repertoires of Action on the Move - Ranji Devadason

Chapter Seven - When Did Cities Really Become ‘Global’? Against Assumptions of Historical Uniqueness in Globalization Theory - David Inglis

Chapter Eight - Opportunities Lost? What We Should Have Learned- and What We Can Still Learn about Theorizing the Global - Barrie Axford

O autorze

John Eade is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Roehampton and former Executive Director of CRONEM (Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism) which links Roehampton and the University of Surrey.

Chris Rumford was Professor of Political Sociology and Global Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London.