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Worlding Cities

Asian Experiments and the Art of Being Global
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Worlding Cities offers the first rigorous exploration of Asian urbanism, connecting diverse models and urbanisation practices across the continent. This book introduces the innovative concept of β€˜worlding’, expanding on themes of capital and culture with fresh insights. Featuring contributions from a respected array of scholars spanning generations and disciplines, it examines how ideas of Asian power and success shape urban development and constrain urban politics.
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Ideal for scholars and students of urban studies, Asian studies, geography, and those interested in contemporary issues in city development and globalisation.

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Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study.

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Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanisation. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study.

Worlding Cities describes the new theoretical framework of β€˜worlding’ and substantially expands and updates the themes of capital and culture. This work includes a unique collection of authors across generations, disciplines, and sites of study.

It demonstrates how references to Asian power, success, and hegemony make possible urban development and limit urban politics.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405192767

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 2011

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Ananya Roy
  • Edited by Aihwa Ong
  • Edited by Aihwa Ong
  • Edited by Aihwa Ong

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 481g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Ananya Roy is Professor of City and Regional Planning andCo-Director of Global Metropolitan Studies at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. Her most recent book is Poverty Capital:Microfinance and the Making of Development (2010). Aihwa Ong is Professor of Socio-cultural Anthropology atthe University of California, Berkeley. Her most recentpublications are Privatizing China, Socialism from Afar(2008) and Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate(2010).

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