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Cities and crisis : new critical urban theory / edited by Kuniko Fujita

Published
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 325 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
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Fujita, Kuniko
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: Cities and Crisis: Challenges for Urban Theory / Kuniko Fujita -- 2."Global Cities", World Power, and the G20 Capital Cities / Goran Therborn -- 3.Was the US Sub-prime Crisis the Prime Mover? The Limits of the `Critical Urbanist' Interpretation of the UK Financial Crisis / Chris Pickvance -- 4.After Wall Street? New York's Green Economy Imaginaries / Michael Indergaard -- 5.World Capitals of Capital, Cities and Varieties of Finance Systems: Internationally versus Regionally Oriented Banking / Stefan Gartner -- 6.Seeing New York City's Financial Crisis in the Vernacular Landscape / Timothy Shortell -- 7.Ports in the Global Urban Hierarchy / Ryan Hicks -- 8.Athens and the Politics of the Sovereign Debt Crisis / Nicos Souliotis -- 9.Globalization and Urban Insecurity: Comparative Perspectives / Sophie Body-Gendrot.
Summary
Recognizing the deep relations between politics, finance, cities and citizens, this book argues for a rejuvenated account of urban theory. It emphasises the need to understand the importance of the 2008 global financial crisis and how the crisis affects cities nested in a variety of political economies.
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9781446288436 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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