Another global city : historical explorations into the transnational municipal moment, 1850-2000 / edited by Pierre-Yves Saunier and Shane Ewen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saunier, Pierre-Yves.

Ewen, Shane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--History--19th century.

Municipal government.

Municipal government--History--20th century.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization.

International relations and culture.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Scholars conventionally argue that global cities originated during the socio-economic transformations caused by globalization during the 1970s and 1980s. This volume provides a fresh perspective on these debates. Looking at urban municipal governments and the problems they have historically faced between 1850 and 2000, the book particularly focuses on the networks and connections formed by and between municipalities in different countries and continents. The contributors show how, through their extensive transnational journeys, urban municipal governments had a major impact on the modern world's capacity to identity its social problems and devise universal solutions.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Global City, Take 2: A View from Urban History / Pierre-Yves Saunier 1

2 In the Precincts of the Global City: The Transnational Network of Municipal Affairs in Melbourne, Australia, at the End of the Nineteenth Century / Andrew Brown-May 19

3 Mediterranean Connections: The Circulation of Municipal Knowledge and Practices during the Ottoman Reforms, c. 1830-1910 / Nora Lafi 35

4 Pacific Crossings? Urban Progressivism in Modern Japan / Jeffrey Hanes 51

5 A City in the World of Cities: Lyon, France; Municipal Associations as Political Resources in the Twentieth Century / Renaud Payre, Pierre-Yves Saunier 69

6 Selling the City-State: Planning and Housing in Singapore, 1945-1990 / Nancy H. Kwak 85

7 Transnational Municipalism in a Europe of Second Cities: Rebuilding Birmingham with Municipal Networks / Shane Ewen 101

8 Mayor Edward I. Koch and New York's Municipal Foreign Policy, 1977-1990 / Jonathan Soffer 119

9 The Municipal Making of Transnational Networks: A Case Study of Montreal's Twinning with Shanghai / Yon Hsu 135

10 Latin American Municipalities in Transnational Networks: Reforming Municipal Government in Rosario, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay, in the 1990s / Silvia Robin, Sebastien Velut 153

Conclusion: Lost in Translation? Mapping, Molding, and Managing the Transnational Municipal Moment / Shane Ewen 173

Epilogue: Cities, Competition, and Cooperation: Prospect Meets Retrospect / Marjatta Hietala 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0230606636

9780230606630

OCLC:

183879743

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