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Book SynopsisGlobal Cities examines the enormous changes that have been wrought on urban life in the wake of globalization.
Table of ContentsEACH CHAPTER CONCLUDES WITH ENDNOTES ; 1. INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, AND PREVIEW ; Identifying global cities ; The economic and cultural background ; Cities and regions ; Appendix: The virtual workplace ; 2. PEOPLE, PLACES, AND LIFE-STYLES ; The financial services sector ; Power and oppositions ; Yuppies and dinks in gentrified areas ; International tourists and tourism ; Tourism and hyper-consumption ; Edge cities ; 3. IMMIGRATION ; Hostility and dependence ; The immigrants ; Illegal entrants ; Enclaves ; Citizenship and the nation-state ; 4. CITIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ; Global classifications ; Location of stock exchanges ; International banking and finance ; Multinational corporations and foreign investment ; Corporate service firms ; The economic hierarchy ; Post-script: Separating products and places ; 5. INEQUALITY ; Measuring income inequality ; Inequality in global cities ; Spatial reflections ; Global inequality ; Inequality conclusions ; Appendix: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ; 6. GLOBAL CULTURE AND THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES ; Globalization, culture, and identity ; Rootlessness versus multiple identities ; Cultural industries and economy ; Entertainment conglomerates ; Concluding generalizations ; 7. THE GLOBAL CULTURAL INDUSTRIES HIERARCHY ; Recorded music ; Movies ; Television ; The cultural industries hierarchy ; 8. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ; Designating global cities ; Cities and nation-states
