Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and
strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place …

Global economic trends and local political pressures are forcing cities into competition for
economic development. This phenomenon, well documented in the American literature, is …

As sites for economic, social, and political innovation, Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São
Paulo, and Shanghai function as gateways to the global economy for their respective …

Studies of cities in global context have been around almost as long as scholars have been
studying cities (Weber, 1927; Pirenne, 1936). Use of the concept 'global city'did not …

This article discusses perspectives of local agency in the age of the world city. It presents a
brief critique of the debate on globalization and posits that globalization makes states. This …

Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new
social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance …

This new book argues that cities and citizens are not helpless victims in a global flow of
events. Three crucial questions are addressed through the three part structure: What is the …

Attention to global and world cities has directed the field of urban studies to the significance
of international and transnational processes in shaping city economies. This article …

There are now more than three hundred city-regions around the world with populations
greater than one million. These city-regions are expanding vigorously, and they present …

ÔThis is vintage Allen Scott, but also a tour dÕhorizon of the state of urban studies, 2012, by
one of its foremost global practitioners: compulsory reading. Õ Ð Peter Hall, University …