{"product_id":"world-city-paperback-softback-9780745640600","title":"World City (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745640600","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorld City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDoreen Massey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745640600, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 August 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.8 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.372 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWorld City\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarest of commodities: a geographic text that is, at one and the same time, both theoretically astute, politically insistent and publicly accessible.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhil Hubbard, \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e book review forum\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"A brave and worthwhile attempt at creating a 'public geography', an effort to take insights developed during a career in our discipline to wider audiences. The book is written in a wonderfully open and accessible manner, using language that is neither wilfully exclusionary nor obscure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Holloway, Phil Hubbard, Heike Jons, Liz Mavroudi and Pat Noxolo, \u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e book review forum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent theoretical treatment of London's entanglement in a web of economic, political, social, cultural, and power relations, and it forms the basis for a powerful political manifesto that confronts traditional notions of \"place\"-based policies and also challenges world cities to take responsibility bestowed upon them through their privileged position in the geometry of power and develop policies that go beyond the administrative boundaries that traditionally defined place.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Regional Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating insight into London and the politics of place, highlighting not only the social and economic geographies which result but also the questions of moral responsibility world city status implies.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating read. Through her distinctive analytical lens, Massey has produced a masterpiece on the politics of what it means to be a 'world city'.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography Research Group\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWorld City\u003c\/i\u003e is well worth pondering, beyond even the question of equity or, more succinctly, of growth with social justice. The time has come for a new politics of development based on a logic other than the logic of markets and unlimited accumulation, in short, for a human and Earth-centred development in which the quality of life and of the Earth's eco-systems move to centre stage.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Friedmann, \u003ci\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There are more than seven million Londoners now, and more to come. Massey's work suggests that there is also more than one London.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFran Tonkiss, \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An important intervention into the rich literature on globalization and cities, a dimension of global social relations to which International Relations scholars would do well to pay much greater attention.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Written in an accessible style, free of academic jargon ... a text that students should read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place and political responsibility that are essential for all cities.  \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld City \u003c\/i\u003efocuses its account on London, one of the greatest of these global cities. London is a city of delight and of creativity. It also presides over a country increasingly divided between North and South and over a neo-liberal form of globalisation - the deregulation, financialisation and commercialisation of all aspects of life - that is resulting in an evermore unequal world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld City\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we can understand this complex narrative and asks a question that should be asked of any city: what does this place stand for?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Following the implosion within the financial sector, such issues are even more vital. In a new Preface, Doreen Massey addresses these changed times. She argues that, whatever happens, the evidence of this book is that we must not go back to 'business as usual', and she asks whether the financial crisis might open up a space for a deeper rethinking of both our economy and our society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: After the Crash ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: ‘the future of our world’? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Inventing a world city 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Capital delight 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 ‘A successful city, but . . .’ 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Imagining the city 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The world city in the country 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The golden goose? 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 An alternative regional geography 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Who owes whom? 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Reworking the geographies of allegiance 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The world city in the world 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Grounding the global 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Identity, place, responsibility 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A politics of place beyond place 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding reflections 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453437702424,"sku":"9780745640600","price":17.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745640600.jpg?v=1785284420","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/world-city-paperback-softback-9780745640600","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}