Cities in Global Capitalism (Urban Futures Series) 1st Edition

In what ways are cities central to the evolution of contemporary global capitalism? And in what ways is global capitalism forged by the urban experience? This book provides a response to these questions, exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the city-capitalism nexus. Drawing on a wide range of conceptual approaches, including political economy, neo-institutionalism and radical political theory, this insightful book examines the complex relationships between contemporary capitalist cities and key forces of our times, such as globalization and neoliberalism. Taking a truly global perspective, Ugo Rossi offers a comparative analysis of the ways in which urban economies and societies reflect and at the same time act as engines of global capitalism. Ultimately, this book shows how over the past three decades capitalism has shifted a gear no longer merely incorporating key aspects of society into its system, but encompassing everything, including life itself and illustrates how cities play a central role within this life-oriented construction of global capitalism. -- Provided by publisher Cover Epigraph Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Viewing Cities in Global Capitalism Conceptualizing Cities in Global Capitalism Overview of the Book 1: Emergences Cities in Capitalism: A History of the Present Financial power Entrepreneurialism Cognitive capital Conclusion 2: Extensions Looking for the Global Structuring Capitalist Globalization The world-city hypothesis The global-city thesis The network-centred perspective The global city-regions Deepening Capitalist Globalization The Policy Mobility Paradigm The global urbanism and planetary urbanization theses Conclusion 3: Continuities Neoliberalism as a Living Entity The City–Neoliberalism Nexus Urbanizing Neoliberalism The consumption machine The dream (and nightmare) of a homeownership society Neoliberalizing the Urban Experience Creative cities in the age of integrated spectacle Conclusion 4: Diffusions One-dimensional City McDonaldization and the rise of capitalist globalization Disneyfication and the spatio-temporal moratorium of late capitalism Guggenheimization: re-creating the magical aura of the capitalist city Conclusion 5: Variations Cities in and after the Global Economic Crisis: The Present as History Societalization Forms of life The Socialized City The Dispossessed City The Revenant City Conclusion Conclusion: Living in the Age of Ambivalence References Index EULA