Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee

Consumption, Cities and States (eBook, PDF)

Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

'Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities' examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783082377
• Artikelnr.: 44472380

Autorenporträt

Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Consumption, Reflexivity and Citizenship in Global Cities
Chapter 2: Orders of Reflexivity
Chapter 3: Rescaling for Competitiveness
Chapter 4: The Dynamics of State-Society Negotiations
Chapter 5: (De-)Regulating Asian Identities: Comparing Asian Cities and States
Chapter 6: Citizenship, Reflexivity and the State: Investigating 'Defensive Engagement' in a City-State
Chapter 7: Governing the Citizen-Consumer: Citizenship, Casinos and 'Cathedrals of Consumption'
Chapter 8: Regulating Consumption and the 'Pink Dollar'
Chapter 9: States as 'Midwives' to Cities: Cosmopolitanism, Citizenship and Consumption in the Modern State
References
Index