The Global Cities Reader (Routledge Urban Reader Series)

Book Details

• Author: Roger Keil

• Publisher: Routledge

• Language: English

• Edition: 1

• ISBN: 9780415323451

• Pages: 456

• Cover: Paperback

• Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 1.0 inches

About the Book

Globalizing Cities: A New Interdisciplinary Approach provides the first comprehensive survey of the new wave of interdisciplinary scholarship on globalized urbanization. This essential volume gathers fifty selections from foundational writings by influential scholars like John Friedmann, Michael Peter Smith, Saskia Sassen, Peter Taylor, Manuel Castells, and Anthony King, along with key contributions by other global city theorists. These essays offer profound insights into the formation and transformation of global cities across Europe, North America, and East Asia.

The book highlights both classic and contemporary case studies of globalizing cities, examining the diverse pathways through which cities in the industrialized world, developing nations, and even those on the periphery of the global economy are being reshaped by globalization.

Key topics explored in this text include:

• The histories and geographies of globalized urbanization

• The social and economic structures of globalizing cities

• State restructuring, urban governance, and socio-political contestation in cities

• Cultural identity and representation in the global urban context

• Emerging debates and issues in contemporary research on global urbanization

With a blend of theoretical and methodological contributions, comparative analyses, and detailed case studies, this book is an indispensable resource for students and scholars across a broad range of disciplines including urban studies, globalization, development, cultural studies, and environmental studies. It will particularly appeal to those studying the complexities of urban transformation in the modern globalized era.