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 ; 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:

1 online resource (xxiv, 448 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fifth volume in the cutting edge 'Cultures and Globalization Series', this volume explores a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF BOXES, FIGURES, TABLES, MAPS AND PHOTOS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; PART 1 METROPOLITAN CULTURAL POLITICS, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE; OVERARCHING ISSUES; 1 CITIES AS GEOPOLITICAL SPACES FOR THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF CULTURE; 2 COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, CITIES AND INFORMAL ECONOMIES; 3 CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE IN MULTI-ETHNIC CITIES; 4 CITIES AND UNIVERSITIES: A VIRTUAL CULTURAL POLICY NEXUS; 5 CITIES, CULTURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 6 CITY BRANDING; 7 COMPETING CITIES AND SPECTACULARIZING URBAN LANDSCAPES

8 THE CREATIVE CITIES DISCOURSE: PRODUCTION AND/OR CONSUMPTION?9 THE CREATIVE CITY: COMPELLING AND CONTENTIOUS; CITY EXPERIENCES; 10 THE PRODUCTION OF CULTURE: ABU DHABI'S URBAN STRATEGIES; 11 AMSTERDAM: A MULTICULTURAL CAPITAL OF CULTURE; 12 CREATIVE CITY, CITY MARKETING, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR ANTWERP; 13 'CREATIVE GOVERNANCE' IN BERLIN?; 14 BRAZZAVILLE: A GLOBAL VILLAGE OF AFRICAN CULTURE; 15 SPECTACULARIZING FÈS; 16 RESHAPING, INSTALLING, PIONEERING, SPEARHEADING... REALIGNMENT OF ISTANBUL; 17 JOHANNESBURG: INVESTING IN CULTURAL ECONOMIES OR PUBLICS?

18 RICH BUT DIVIDED... THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL POLICY IN LONDON19 THE CULTURAL MAPPING OF L'VIV; 20 MARSEILLE-PROVENCE 2013: CULTURAL CAPITAL, BUT FOR WHAT KIND OF EUROPE AND UNDER WHICH GLOBALIZATION?; 21 MEDELLÍN: TALES OF FEAR AND HOPE; 22 MELBOURNE AND BRISBANE: THE CLAIMS OF SUBURBS; 23 MEXICO CITY: CULTURAL POLICIES, GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY; 24 MUMBAI: HISTORIC PRESERVATION BY CITIZENS; 25 NEW YORK CITY: CITY CULTURE AS PUBLIC DISPLAY; 26 PARIS: A PROCESS OF METROPOLITANIZATION; 27 SÃO PAULO: RICH CULTURE, POOR ACCESS; 28 SHANGHAI: IMAGES OF MODERNITY

29 TORINO: A CHANGE OF SKIN AND MORE30 VANCOUVER: THE ENIGMATIC EMERGING CULTURALMETROPOLIS; 31 VENICE, RELOADED? A TALE OF URBAN LIFE (AND DEATH); 32 CULTURES AND CITIES: SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS; 33 ETHNOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOTS: VISIONS OF CITIES; PART 2 INDICATOR SUITES; INTRODUCING THE INDICATOR SUITES; TRENDS IN URBANIZATION; CITY NETWORKS AND RANKINGS; CITY COMPARISONS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613812407

9781446291726

1446291723

9781446254523

1446254526

9781282241282

1282241281

9781446258507

1446258505

OCLC:

806205920