City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads (Global Realities)

City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process – an'anticipatory politics'– that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the book is not a collection of case studies on a specific theme, not a review of developmental problems, nor does it marshal the focal cities as evidence of particular urban trends. Rather, it examines how possibilities, perhaps inherent in these cities all along, are materialized through the everyday projects of residents situated in the city and the larger world in very different ways. City Life From Jakarta To Dakar Focuses On The Politics Incumbent To This Process -- An Anticipatory Politics--that Encompasses A Wide Range Of Practices, Calculations And Economies. As Such, The Book Is Not A Collection Of Case Studies On A Specific Theme, Not A Review Of Developmental Problems, Nor Does It Marshal The Focal Cities As Evidence Of Particular Urban Trends. Rather, It Examines How Possibilities, Perhaps Inherent In These Cities All Along, Are Materialized Through The Everyday Projects Of Residents Situated In The City And The Larger World In Very Different Ways. -- Publisher Descriptioon From Http://www.routledge.com (oct. 3, 2011). On Cityness -- Towards An Anticipatory Urban Politics : Notes From The North Of Jakarta -- Intersections : What Can Urban Residents Do With Each Other? -- Circulations : Finance As A Model Of City Making -- Back To Intersection And Recharging The City -- Reclaiming Black Urbanism : Inventive Methods For Engaging Urban Fields From Dakar To Jakarta. Abdoumaliq Simone. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [357]-375) And Index. City Life from Jakarta to Dakar focuses on the politics incumbent to this process an "anticipatory politics" that encompasses a wide range of practices, calculations and economies. As such, the book is not a collection of case studies on a specific theme, not a review of developmental problems, nor does it marshal the focal cities as evidence of particular urban trends. Rather, it examines how possibilities, perhaps inherent in these cities all along, are materialized through the everyday projects of residents situated in the city and the larger world in very different ways. Book Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Series Editor’s Foreword: From the City to Cityness Preface Acknowledgments On Cityness: One Towards an Anticipatory Urban Politics: Notes from the North of Jakarta: Two Intersections: What Can Urban Residents Do with Each Other?: Three Circulations: Finance as a Model of City Making: Four Back to Intersection and Recharging the City: Five Reclaiming Black Urbanism: Inventive Methods for Engaging Urban Fields from Dakar to Jakarta: Six Endnotes References Index By showing how much of what is considered peripheral to urban life is actually critical to it, the book opens up new ways for understanding what it is possible to do in cities from now on.