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Book SynopsisIn How to Build a Global City, Michele Acuto considers the rise of a new generation of so-called global citiesSingapore, Sydney, and Dubaiand the power that this concept had in their ascent, in order to analyze the general relationship between global city theory and its urban public policy practice.
The global city is often invoked in theory and practice as an ideal model of development and a logic of internationalization for cities the world over. But the global city also creates deep social polarization and challenges how much local planning can achieve in a world economy. Presenting a unique elite ethnography in Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai, Acuto discusses the global urban discourses, aspirations, and strategies vital to the planning and management of such metropolitan growth.
The global city, he shows, is not one single idea, but a complex of ways to imagine a place to be global and aspirations to make it so, often deeply steeped in polit
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There is much potential for fruitful engagement with this book—not least from a perspective that is less critical than that of the author.
* International Journal of Urban and Regional Affairs *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Speaking of Global Cities
2. The Idea(s)
3. The Debates
4. The Rise
5. The Trajectories
6. The Distinction
7. The Leadership
8. The Governance
9. The Strategies
10. The Cityzens
11. The Comparisons
12. Symbolic Entrepreneurs
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