David A. Mcdonald

World City Syndrome (eBook, PDF)

Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the significance of Cape Town's claim to being a "world city." McDonald argues that Cape Town must be seen as a neoliberal city, situating it against the broader political and economic reforms of South Africa's re-entry into a global market economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135903374
• Artikelnr.: 38262143

Autorenporträt

David McDonald is Director of Global Development Studies and Associate Professor of Geography at Queen's University, Canada. He is the editor or co-editor of The Age of Commodity: Water Privatization in Southern Africa; Cost Recovery and the Crisis of Service Delivery in South Africa; Environmental Justice in South Africa; Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa; Destinations Unknown: Perspectives on the Brain Drain in Southern Africa; The Legacies of Julius Nyerere: Influences on Development Discourse and Practice in Africa; and On Borders: Perspectives on International Migration in Southern Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: World City Syndrome 1. Cape Town as World City 2. Cape Town
as Capitalist City 3. Cape Town as Neoliberal City 4. Respatializing Cape
Town (I): Local Government Restructuring 5. Respatializing Cape Town (II):
Investments in the Built Environment 6. Privatizing Cape Town 7. Cost
Recovering Cape Town 8. Disciplining Cape Town 9. (De)Africanizing Cape
Town 10. Keep Left for Cape Town: Alternative Development Strategies