The making of global city regions : Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai / edited by Klaus Segbers ; with the assistance of Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann
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- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007
- xi, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 9780801885150
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- Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
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- Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers
- City regions between their legacies and the global context
- Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin
- Mumbai: the mega city of a poor country / Sujata Patel
- São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer
- Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu
- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions
- Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell
- Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos
- Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák
- From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu
- Contested future: discourses and images in city regions
- The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Beauregard/Richard Tomlinson
- Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote
- Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi
- Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun
- Comments by senior officials
- Johannesburg / Roland Hunter
- Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Phatak
- São Paulo / Jorge Wilheim
- Shanghai / Zhu Linchu
- Conclusion: challenges ahead for the Southern contenders / Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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