Globalizing city : the urban and economic transformation of Accra, Ghana / Richard Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Richard, author.

Series:

Space, place, and society.

Space, Place and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Ghana--Accra.

Urbanization.

Globalization--Ghana--Accra.

Globalization.

Accra (Ghana)--Economic conditions.

Accra (Ghana).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 187 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As urbanization of the world's population grows at an ever-increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis based on the globalizing experience of Western cities. In Globalizing City, Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, to show how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions.Grant reveals the ways in which international, transnational, and local forces are operating on the urban landscape of Accra, from elite gated communities to the poorest slums. Through interviews and extensive fieldwork, he examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels. Globalizing City offers an excellent case study of the complex social and economic dynamics that have transformed Accra, providing an essential guide for studying globalizing cities in general.

Contents:

Introduction : globalizing city

Globalizing from above : foreign companies and corporate spaces

Globalizing residential spaces : the spread of gated communities

Globalizing from above and in between : the residential building boom

In-between globalizing : returnees' networks and spaces

Globalizing from below : slum dwellers in a globalizing city

Conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815650973

0815650973

OCLC:

437416946