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Book SynopsisThis book identifies the constellation of factors that allow certain urban places to become “emerging global cities”—centers of commerce, finance, art, and culture for entire regions. It traces the transformations of Dubai, Miami, and Singapore, identifying key features common to these cities.
Trade ReviewEmerging Global Cities sets a new standard for the comparative study of cities. Combining historical analysis, political economy, demography, and institutional analysis with a deep understanding of the global division of economic labor, the authors produce a set of gripping profiles of the successful, the also-rans, and the precarious, and place them all in a compelling theoretical framework. -- Paul DiMaggio, New York University
Emerging Global Cities examines the processes of globalization from below through distinct yet potentially generalizable historical sequences. Portes and Armony explain how and why some cities in the developing periphery have managed to rise from positions of inferiority and insignificance to become leading players in the global economy. This book will soon become a benchmark for the study of global cities and a new classic for urban studies, development studies, and economic sociology. -- Min Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles
Portes and Armony offer us an exceptionally compelling and deeply perceptive rendering of twenty-first-century entrepôt cities—emergent urban centers driven and contoured by flows of people, ideas, money, and power. The conceptual tools they give us to understand how and why cities from Lagos to São Paulo to Miami are redrawing the global political map and charting our ecological future are indispensable for anyone interested in the rise and fall of cities and the flourishing of urban life. -- Natasha Iskander, New York University
Emerging Global Cities breaks new ground by bringing together into one comparative study a set of emerging global cities (and hopefuls) to explain how the global capitalist system is devolving power to new regional hubs. Portes and Armony bring new perspectives—on climate change, poverty, and inequality, for example—to bear in their study, with great attention to class and ethnic structures in these cities. -- James F. Hollifield, Ora Nixon Arnold Professor of International Political Economy, SMU
A useful introduction for advanced students of urban studies. * Choice *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I1. The Role of Cities in the Capitalist Economy: An Overview
2. Dubai: From Marginal Gulf Town to Regional Hub, by Rana Tomaira
3. Miami: From Winter Resort to Hemispheric Capital, with the collaboration of Brandon P. Martinez
4. Singapore: From Fishing Village to World-Class Metropolis, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
Part II5. Global Hopefuls: An Overview
6. New Orleans: A Century of Decline, with the collaboration of Larry Liu
7. São Paulo: Brazil’s Always-Aspiring City, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
8. Lagos: Africa’s New Dubai?, with the collaboration of Rosa Hassan De Ferrari and Anthony Ocepek
Part III9. Hong Kong: A Threatened Global City, by Larry Liu
Conclusion: Theoretical Implications, Climate Change, and Future Challenges
Notes
References
Index
