Transnationalism and urbanism. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stefan Krätke, Kathrin Wildner, and Stephan Lanz.
• Other Names: Krätke, Stefan, 1952-; Wildner, Kathrin; Lanz, Stephan
• Contents: Acknowledgments -- The transnationality of cities : concepts, dimensions and research fields: an introduction / Stefan Krätke, Kathrin Wildner, and Stephan Lanz -- Transnationality and the city / Nina Glick-Schiller -- Cities of the global south in the context of transnational urbanism and international development policies / Hans Harms -- Transnational planning : reconfiguring spaces and institutions / Clara Irazábal -- Conceptualizing transnational urban spaces : multicentered agency, placeless organizational logics, and the built environment / Christof Parnreiter -- Materializing the digital commodity : recording studios in transnational project networks of digital musical production / Michael Hoyler and Allan Watson -- Global capitalism and the informal economy : a methodological approach to the complex incorporation of Mexican cities into the globalized markets / Sandra Alarcón -- The return of the local? : anglicization, transnationalism and religion in the global city / John Eade -- Small town transnationalism : socio-spatial dynamics of immigration to the heartland / Faranak Miraftab -- Challenging heteronomous power in a globalized world : insurgent spatial practices, "militant particularism", and multiscalarity / Marcelo Lopes de Souza -- Move from and not on the occult zone (where the people dwell) : -- An argument for the political priority of solidarity with popular (and largely situated) mobilization by the poor over transnational organization by civil society / Richard Pithouse -- Contributors -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages), (7 illustrations)
• Subjects: 320.54; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; Transnationalism; Urbanization; Cities and towns -- Social aspects; Multiculturalism; Ethnicity; Globalization -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136265617; 1136265619
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.