Cities, cultural policy and governance / Helmut K. Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anheier, Helmut K., 1954-

Isar, Yudhishthir Raj.

Series:

Cultures and globalization series ; vol. 5.

The cultures and globalization series ; vol. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture and globalization.

Cities and towns--Social aspects.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 448 pages : illustrations, map. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousands Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012.

Summary:

Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world's urban hubs - through their diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, this book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework.

Making a truly global contribution to the literature, editors Isar and Anheier bring together a truly international and highly-respected bevy of scholars. In doing so, they skillfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.

Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Metropolitan Cultural Politics, Policies and Governance 13

Overarching issues 15

1 Cities as Geopolitical Spaces for the Global Governance of Culture / Katharine Sarikakis Sarikakis, Katharine 17

2 Communication Networks, Cities and Informal Economies / Ramon Lobato Lobato, Ramon 32

3 Challenges of Governance in Multi-ethnic Cities / Phil Wood Wood, Phil 44

4 Cities and Universities: A Virtual Cultural Policy Nexus / Dragan Klaic Klaic, Dragan 61

5 Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development / Nancy Duxbury Duxbury, Nancy, Catherine Cullen Cullen, Catherine, Jordi Pascual Pascual, Jordi 73

6 City Branding / Lily Kong Kong, Lily 87

7 Competing Cities and Spectacularizing Urban Landscapes / Davide Ponzini Ponzini, Davide 99

8 The Creative Cities Discourse: Production and/or Consumption? / Stuart Cunningham Cunningham, Stuart 111

9 The Creative City: Compelling and Contentious / Charles Landry Landry, Charles 122

City experiences

10 The Production of Culture: Abu Dhabi's Urban Strategies / Yasser Elsheshtawy Elsheshtawy, Yasser 133

11 Amsterdam: A Multicultural Capital of Culture / Simin Davoudi Davoudi, Simin, Wil Zonneveld Zonneveld, Wil 145

12 Creative City, City Marketing, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy: Challenges for Antwerp / Annick Schramme Schramme, Annick, Katia Segers Segers, Katia 153

13 'Creative Governance' in Berlin? / Janet Merkel Merkel, Janet 160

14 Brazzaville: A Global Village of African Culture / Patrice Yengo Yengo, Patrice 167

15 Spectacularizing Fès / Justin McGuinness McGuinness, Justin 178

16 Reshaping, Installing, Pioneering, Spearheading... Realignment of Istanbul / Asu Aksoy Aksoy, Asu, Kevin Robins Robins, Kevin 184

17 Johannesburg: Investing in Cultural Economies or Publics? / Edgar Pieterse Pieterse, Edgar, Kim Gurney Gurney, Kim 194

18 Rich but Divided... The Politics of Cultural Policy in London / Kate Oakley Oakley, Kate 204

19 The Cultural Mapping of L'viv / Ihor Savchak Savchak, Ihor, Linda Knudsen McAusland McAusland, Linda Knudsen 212

20 Marseille-Provence 2013: Cultural Capital, but for What Kind of Europe and under Which Globalization? / Ferdinand Richard Richard, Ferdinand 221

21 Medellín: Tales of Fear and Hope / Octavio Arbeláez Tobón Tobón, Octavio Arbeláez 227

22 Melbourne and Brisbane: The Claims of Suburbs / Terry Flew Flew, Terry, Mark Gibson Gibson, Mark 235

23 Mexico City: Cultural Policies, Governance and Civil Society / Lucina Jiménez Jiménez, Lucina 243

24 Mumbai: Historic Preservation by Citizens / Abha Narain Lambah Lambah, Abha Narain 251

25 New York City: City Culture as Public Display / David Halle Halle, David, Louise Miner Miner, Louise 257

26 Paris: A Process of Metropolitanization / Stephen W. Sawyer Sawyer, Stephen W., Mathias Rouet Rouet, Mathias 265

27 Sao Paulo: Rich Culture, Poor Access / Maria Carolina Vasconcelos-Oliveira Vasconcelos-Oliveira, Maria Carolina 272

28 Shanghai: Images of Modernity / Justin O'Connor O'Connor, Justin, Xin Gu Gu, Xin 288

29 Torino: A Change of Skin and More / Luca Dal Pozzolo Pozzolo, Luca Dal 301

30 Vancouver: The Enigmatic Emerging Cultural Metropolis / Catherine Murray Murray, Catherine, Tom Hutton Hutton, Tom 310

31 Venice, Reloaded? A Tale of Urban Life (and Death) / Pier Luigi Sacco Sacco, Pier Luigi 322

32 Cultures and Cities: Some Policy Implications / Yudhishthir Raj Isar Isar, Yudhishthir Raj 330

33 Ethnographic Snapshots: Visions of Cities / Mieka Ritsema Ritsema, Mieka 340

Part 2 Indicator Suites / Michael Hoelscher Hoelscher, Michael, Helmut K. Anheier Anheier, Helmut K., Designer: Donnie Luu Luu, Designer: Donnie 353

Describing and Comparing Culture in Cities Globally: An Overview / Michael Hoelscher Hoelscher, Michael 355

Overarching issues

1 Trends in Urbanisation 363

2 City Networks and Rankings 371

3 City Comparisons 381

City suites

1 Abu Dhabi 389

2 Berlin 395

3 Istanbul 401

4 London 407

5 L'viv 413

6 Mexico City 419

7 New York City 425

8 Sao Paulo 431

9 Shanghai 437.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781446201220

1446201228

9781446201237

1446201236

OCLC:

762991660