{"product_id":"world-city-9780745640600","title":"World City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCities around the world are striving to be global. This new book by Doreen Massey sets the global city in its broader geographical and political context. World City tells this story through London, one of the greatest of these global cities asking the question that should be asked of any city: what does this place stand for?.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWorld City\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarest of commodities: a geographic text that is, at one and the same time, both theoretically astute, politically insistent and publicly accessible.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhil Hubbard, \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e book review forum\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A brave and worthwhile attempt at creating a 'public geography', an effort to take insights developed during a career in our discipline to wider audiences. The book is written in a wonderfully open and accessible manner, using language that is neither wilfully exclusionary nor obscure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Holloway, Phil Hubbard, Heike Jons, Liz Mavroudi and Pat Noxolo, \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e book review forum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent theoretical treatment of London's entanglement in a web of economic, political, social, cultural, and power relations, and it forms the basis for a powerful political manifesto that confronts traditional notions of \"place\"-based policies and also challenges world cities to take responsibility bestowed upon them through their privileged position in the geometry of power and develop policies that go beyond the administrative boundaries that traditionally defined place.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Regional Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating insight into London and the politics of place, highlighting not only the social and economic geographies which result but also the questions of moral responsibility world city status implies.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating read. Through her distinctive analytical lens, Massey has produced a masterpiece on the politics of what it means to be a 'world city'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography Research Group\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWorld City\u003c\/i\u003e is well worth pondering, beyond even the question of equity or, more succinctly, of growth with social justice. The time has come for a new politics of development based on a logic other than the logic of markets and unlimited accumulation, in short, for a human and Earth-centred development in which the quality of life and of the Earth's eco-systems move to centre stage.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Friedmann, \u003ci\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There are more than seven million Londoners now, and more to come. Massey's work suggests that there is also more than one London.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFran Tonkiss, \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An important intervention into the rich literature on globalization and cities, a dimension of global social relations to which International Relations scholars would do well to pay much greater attention.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Written in an accessible style, free of academic jargon ... a text that students should read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: After the Crash ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘the future of our world’? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Inventing a world city 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Capital delight 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ‘A successful city, but . . .’ 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Imagining the city 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The world city in the country 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The golden goose? 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 An alternative regional geography 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Who owes whom? 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Reworking the geographies of allegiance 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The world city in the world 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Grounding the global 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Identity, place, responsibility 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A politics of place beyond place 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding reflections 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404377956695,"sku":"9780745640600","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745640600.jpg?v=1730486274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/world-city-9780745640600","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}