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OverviewThis groundbreaking book establishes a new framework for thinking about urban development, and crosses the longstanding divide in urban scholarship and urban policy, between Western and other cities (especially those labelled 'Third World'). It considers the two framing axes of urban modernity and urban development which have played an important part in dividing the field between Western and non-Western cities, and argues that if cities are to be imagined in equitable and creative ways, urban theory must overcome these axes with their Western bias, and that the resources for theorizing cities need to become at least as cosmopolitan as cities themselves. Tracking paths across previously separate academic literatures and policy debates, this innovative book traces the outlines of a cosmopolitan approach to cities, drawing on evidence from Rio, Johannesburg, Lusaka and Kuala Lumpur to ground the theoretical arguments and provide examples of policy approaches and urban development interventions. With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain relevant to the majority of cities and their populations, many of which are outside the West. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer RobinsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.396kg ISBN: 9780415304887ISBN 10: 0415304881 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 08 December 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Dislocating Modernity: Primitivism in Urban Theory 2. On (Not) Being Blasé: In the Tracks of Comparative Urbanism 3. Ways of Being Modern: Towards a Cosmopolitan Urban Studies 4. Re-Inscribing Hierarchies: Global and World Cities 5. Developing Ordinary Cities: Bringing the City Back in 6. Mobilising Diverse Economies. ConclusionReviewsAll cities are ordinary, argues Robinson, and categorizing them as Western, Third World, developed, developing, world, or global ascribes prominence to certain cities and to certain features of cities. Instead, she starts from the fact that all cities are dynamic and diverse, if conflicted, arenas for social and economic life and anchors on that notion a new post-colonial framework for thinking about cities that avoids the underlying assumption of urban scholarship that Western cities are exemplary and Third World cities more or less poor imitations. --Reference & Research Book News Author InformationJennifer Robinson is Professor of Urban Geography at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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