Cosmopolitan Urbanism

John Binnie, Julian Holloway, Steve Millington, Craig Young

260 pages, parution le 08/12/2005

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Résumé

Cities are increasingly competing with one another to re-brand themselves as cosmopolitan in order to attract investment and tourism. Urban spaces associated with cultural difference such as Chinatowns and gay villages have become core to many cities' attempts to market themselves as global cities. Central to this process is how traditionally marginalised groups in the city have become re-valued and reconstructed as a resource in the eyes of planners and politicians.

Cosmopolitan Urbanism examines the politics of these transformations by understanding the everyday practices of cosmopolitanism by drawing together the works of leading urban scholars. Which forms of cultural difference are valued and which are excluded from this re-visioning of the contemporary city?

This accessible book is groundbreaking in examining the complex politics of cosmopolitanism in accessible, empirical case studies. These range from Montreal to Singapore, London to Texas, Auckland to Amsterdam. The grounded nature of the discussion of cosmopolitanism makes Cosmopolitan Urbanism an accessible student guide to debates on the subject.

L'auteur - John Binnie

John Binnie's research focuses on the geographies of sexuality, with a particular focus on the urban and transnational basis of sexual politics and communities. His work has appeared in journals such as Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Environment and Planning A, Progress in Human Geography and Gender, Place and Culture.

L'auteur - Julian Holloway

Julian Holloway is currently completing a study of the spiritualist movement with particular reference to 19^th Century Manchester. His work has also examined the workings of new social movements through actor network theory. In addition he has conducted research on the spatial implications of the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. His research has been published in leading journals including Social and Cultural Geography, Geoforum and Environment and Planning A. Other essays have appeared in a number of edited volumes including Thinking Space (edited by Mike Crang and Nigel Thrift) and Rural Visions (edited by Paul Cloke).

L'auteur - Steve Millington

Steve Millington is presently engaged in researching Dublin's place marketing and promotional strategies as part of a broader project on issues of urban governance.

L'auteur - Craig Young

Craig Young's research has been published in a wide range of geographical journals including Political Geography, GeoJournal, The Geographical Journal, Area, Urban Geography and Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie. He is currently completing a co-authored book for Routledge on Geographies of Global Post-Socialist Transformation. Other current co-edited book projects include one on Rescaling and reterritorialisation of identity and place in post-socialism and another on Reshaping national memory: contested sites of violence in Europe.

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List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Grounding Cosmopolitan Urbanism: Approaches, Practices and Policies
Envisaging Cosmopolitan Urbanism
Consuming The Cosmopolitan City: Materialities And Practices
Producing The Cosmopolitan City: Cultural Policy And Intervention
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Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	John Binnie, Julian Holloway, Steve Millington, Craig Young
Parution	08/12/2005
Nb. de pages	260
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	459g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415344920
ISBN13	978-0-415-34492-0