{"product_id":"how-to-build-a-global-michele-acuto-9781501759703","title":"How to Build a Global City: Recognizing the Symbolic Power of a Global Urban Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Build a Global City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Michele Acuto considers the rise of a new generation of so-called global cities--Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai--and the power that this concept had in their ascent, in order to analyze the general relationship between global city theory and its urban public policy practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global city is often invoked in theory and practice as an ideal model of development and a logic of internationalization for cities the world over. But the global city also creates deep social polarization and challenges how much local planning can achieve in a world economy. Presenting a unique elite ethnography in Singapore, Sydney, and Dubai, Acuto discusses the global urban discourses, aspirations, and strategies vital to the planning and management of such metropolitan growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global city, he shows, is not one single idea, but a complex of ways to imagine a place to be global and aspirations to make it so, often deeply steeped in politics. His resulting book is a call to reconcile proponents and critics of the global city toward a more explicit engagement with the politics of this global urban imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele Acuto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501759701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501759703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Michele Acuto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982010024191,"sku":"9781501759703","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3630052-e860-48d1-a40b-59228f17757f.jpg?v=1683258765","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-build-a-global-michele-acuto-9781501759703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}