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Book SynopsisPolitics of the Periphery discusses empirical studies of post-metropolitan regions around the world.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Sub/urban Governance under Scrutiny: Revisiting Institutional Arrangements and Planning in Metropolitan Regions Pierre Hamel 2. Negotiating Multiculturalism, Neoliberalism, and Metropolitan Intensification: Suburban Governance in Toronto Pierre Filion, Roger Keil, and Michael Collens 3. Institutional Reform and the Reconfiguration of Power: Greater Montreal’s Experience with Suburban Governance Pierre Hamel 4. Suburban Governance in Miami Dade County: Immigrant Empowerment and the Rebellion of Municipal Incorporations Fernando Burga 5. Shaping Suburbanization through Regional Land-Use Planning? The Case of Greater Frankfurt Valentin Meilinger and Jochen Monstadt 6. How Big Is Grand Paris? Paris, Its Suburbs, and Its Periurbs Marie-Hélène Bacqué and Éric Charmes 7. City with No Boundary: Suburbanization as a Mode of Wealth Accumulation in Istanbul Murat Üçoğlu and K. Murat Güney 8. What a Difference a Metro Makes! Or Did It? Suburbanization and Local Government Consolidation in Johannesburg Margot Rubin, Alison Todes, and Alan Mabin 9. State Strategies, Market Instruments: Governing Suburban Shanghai under State Entrepreneurialism Fulong Wu 10. Conclusion: Sub/urban Governance Facing Uncertainty Pierre Hamel Contributors
