The Making of Global City Regions

by Segbers, Klaus; Raiser, Simon (CON); Volkmann, Krister (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780801885150
• ISBN10: 0801885159
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-27
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

Summary

As sites for economic, social, and political innovation, Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai function as gateways to the global economy for their respective countries and the surrounding regions. City administrators face intense competition for foreign investment, and they must develop strategies to make their cities -- which remain outside of the OECD -- world class.The Making of Global City Regions traces the emergence of each city in the global economy and examines the link between the dynamics of globalization and changing urban governances. The contributors describe how metropolitan leaders deal with the twin phenomena of globalization and the devolution of the state as they adjust to their city's new emerging role in the global system.The contributors provide an overview of the individuals and organizations who make each city competitive in a global context and describe how they market and promote themselves to the world. In addition, senior administrators of these regions -- Roland Hunter, Vidyadhar K. Phatak, Jorge Wilheim, and Zhu Linchu, respectively -- offer valuable insight into the development of their city regions. The volume concludes with a summary of lessons learned.Contributors: Robert A. Beauregard, Csaba Deák, Ranjit Hoskote, Roland Hunter, Pedro Jacobi, Zhu Linchu, Alan Mabin, Jim Masselos, Susan Parnell, Sujata Patel, Vidyadhar K. Phatak, Sueli Schiffer Klaus Segbers, Zhongxin Sun, Richard Tomlinson, Krister Volkmann, Jorge Wilheim, Fulong Wu, and Weiping Wu.

Author Biography

Klaus Segbers is a professor of political science and international relations at the Free University Berlin. Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann are research fellows at the Institute of Political Science, Free University Berlin.

Table of Contents

Introduction : global politics and the making of global city regions	p. 1
City regions between their legacies and the global context	p. 27
Johannesburg : (South) Africa's aspirant global city	p. 32
Mumbai : the mega-city of a poor country	p. 64
Sao Paulo : the metropolis of an elite society	p. 85
Shanghai : the evolution of China's future global city	p. 113
Who runs the city? : the "makers" of global city regions	p. 135
Politics of transformation : defining the city strategy in Johannesburg	p. 139
Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai	p. 168
Legitimating power structures in Sao Paulo	p. 186
From "state-owned" to "City Inc." : the case of Shanghai	p. 207
Contested future : discourses and images in city regions	p. 233
The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg	p. 237
Versions of a postcolonial metropolis : competing discourses on Bombay's image	p. 258
Two cities in one : diverse images of Sao Paulo	p. 279
Shaping perceptions of Shanghai : discourses, images, and visions	p. 295
Comments by senior officials	p. 317
Johannesburg	p. 319
Mumbai/Bombay	p. 323
Sao Paulo	p. 329
Shanghai	p. 335
Conclusion : challenges ahead for the southern contenders	p. 339
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