Worlding Cities

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"I am hopeful that this collection, along with others of its kind, will inspire new lines of research and theorisation that will help arrest the actual realities of cities in an era of planetary urbanisation." (Urban Studies, 1 February 2015) "Urban studies is marked by an ingrained tendency to considercities in Western Europe and North America as the leading edge ofglobal urban change. This important book draws attention to ways inwhich cities in Asia are experimenting with ways of being globalwhich do not necessarily refer back to antecedents in the NorthAtlantic world. The book should be read not only by Asianists butby anyone who is interested in the dynamics of urban changeglobally." --Tim Bunnell, National University of Singapore "The contributors to Worlding Cities bring newethnographic attention to urban sites of innovation, culturalconnections, and potentially transformative aspirations. Theyconnect what is happening in cities to the ways changing relationsamong cities are remaking connections across national boundaries.And in the process they help to remake social science with newconnections among anthropologists, geographers, and urban planners.Focused mainly on Asia, this is work that mattersglobally." --Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science ResearchCouncil "A refreshing and wide-ranging volume that makes a timelycontribution to debates in urban studies, geography, and planning.Rather than attempt to identify the features of a 'global' city ortrace the reproduction of 'Western' forms in Asian cities, thiscollection examines how projects of 'worlding' are activelyassembled and urban futures envisaged. It uncovers diverse routesthrough which cities inter-reference one another and are producedas distinctive spaces of experimentation and aspiration in contextsof uncertainty and inequality." --Colin McFarlane, Durham University, U