Governing megacities in emerging countries / edited by Dominique Lorrain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lorrain, Dominique, author, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan government--Developing countries.

Metropolitan government.

Metropolitan government--Developing countries--Case studies.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2014]

Contents:

Introduction : the institutions of the urban fabric / Dominique Lorrain

Governing shanghai : modernizing a local state / Dominique Lorrain

"Transforming Mumbai" or the challenges of forming a collective actor / Marie-Hélène Zerah

Governing Cape Town : the exhaustion of a negotiated transition / Alain Dubresson and Sylvy Jaglin

Santiago de Chile : prototype of the neo-liberal city : between a strong state and privatized public services / Geraldine Pflieger

Conclusion : governing under constraints : strategy and inherited realities / Dominique Lorrain, Alain Dubresson and Sylvy Jaglin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472425850

1472425855

9781472425881

147242588X

OCLC:

871684428