Robinson, J;
(2016)
Theorizing the global urban with 'global and world cities research': Beyond cities and synechdoche.
Dialogues in Human Geography
, 6
(3)
pp. 268-272.
10.1177/2043820616676007.
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Abstract
The new generation of global and world city research has expanded the range of cities and the kinds of firms and economic circuits explored, with interesting insights for global urban studies. I raise a few issues for debate: why synechdoche continues to be invoked; why power hierarchies are still proposed, in the face of a more network-oriented form of power; and where alternatives to the powerful (and usually negative) real-world political effects of the ‘global city’ term might come from?
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Theorizing the global urban with 'global and world cities research': Beyond cities and synechdoche |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2043820616676007 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1177/2043820616676007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2016. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Geography, financialization, globalization, global city, ordinary city, urban theory, CITY |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1543305 |
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