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Shanghai rising : state power and local transformations in a global megacity / Xiangming Chen, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Globalization and community ; 15.
- Globalization and community ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City and town life--China--Shanghai.
- City and town life.
- City planning--China--Shanghai.
- City planning.
- Social change--China--Shanghai.
- Social change.
- Economic development--China--Shanghai.
- Economic development.
- Globalization--Political aspects--China--Shanghai.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects--China--Shanghai.
- Cities and towns--Growth--Case studies.
- Cities and towns.
- Shanghai (China)--Politics and government.
- Shanghai (China).
- Shanghai (China)--Social conditions.
- Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai's politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a globalizing city on the rise : Shanghai's transformation in comparative perspective / Xiangming Chen
- The global city perspective ; theoretical implications for Shanghai / Saskia Sassen
- High-tech activity and urban economic development in the United States : where should the bar be set for Shanghai? / Ann R. Markusen and Pingkang Yu
- Aviation infrastructure, competitiveness, and aerotropolis development in the global economy : making Shanghai China's true gateway city / John D. Kasarda
- Competitive urban economic policies in global cities : Shanghai through the lens of Singapore / K.C. Ho
- Becoming a Chinese global city : Hong Kong (and Shanghai) beyond the global-local duality / Tai-lok Lui and Stephen W.K. Chiu
- Globalization, the changing state, and local governance in Shanghai / Fulong Wu
- Leaps and lags in the global information age : Shanghai's telecom and informational development in comparative perspective / Zhenhua Zhou and Xiangming Chen
- Striving to be a global city from below : the restructuring of Shanghai's urban districts / Tingwei Zhang
- Downward pressure and upward bubbling : global influence and community (re)building in Shanghai / Hanlong Lu, Yuan Ren, and Xiangming Chen
- Fast foods and brand clothes in Shanghai : how and why do locals consume globally? / Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen
- Conclusion : Shanghai as a new global(izing) city : lessons for and from Shanghai / Xiangming Chen and Anthony M. Orum.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-6796-9
- OCLC:
- 502389452
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