Research Catalog

Title

Cities of the south : citizenship and exclusion in the twenty-first century / edited by Barbara Drieskens, Franck Mermier and Heiko Wimmen.

Publication

[London?] : Saqi, in association with Heinrich Boll Foundation, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Drieskens, Barbara.
• Mermier, Franck.
• Wimmen, Heiko.
• Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
• Institut français du Proche-Orient.

Description

330 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Cities and towns > Social aspects > Developing countries > 21st century
• Sociology, Urban > Developing countries > 21st century
• Globalization > Social aspects > Developing countries > 21st century
• Citizenship > Developing countries > 21st century
• Marginality, Social > Developing countries > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface : cities and globalisation--challenges for citizenship / Kirsten Maas and Heiko Wimmen -- Introduction : towards new cosmopolitisms / Barbara Drieskens and Franck Mermier -- The paradigm of the city / Jean-François Bayart -- Europe without borders : migration networks, transnational territories and informal activities / Alain Tarrius -- The emergence of a consumer society in the Middle East / Leila Vignal -- Cairo cosmopolitan : citizenship, urban space, publics and inequality / Diane Singerman -- Decentralisation and its paradoxes in Morocco / Myriam Catusse with Raffaele Cattedra and M'hammed Idrissi-Janati -- Global city, tribal citizenship : Dubai's paradox / Marc Lavergne -- Demonstrations in Beirut / Melhem Chaoul -- From refugee camps to the invention of cities / Michel Agier -- Of other global cities : frontiers, zones, camps / Engin F. Isin and Kim Rygiel -- Redefining (il)legal boundaries / Mariana Cavalcanti -- The politics of Istanbul's Ottoman heritage in the era of globalism / Ayşe Öncü -- Post-industrial transitions / Vyjayanthi Rao -- Beirut : public sphere of the Arab world? / Franck Mermier -- Conclusion : 21st century cities of the south / Jean-François Bayart.

ISBN

• 9780863566110 (hbk.)
• 0863566111 (hbk.)

LCCN

99821102912

OCLC

• 124025910
• ocn124025910
• SCSB-5419631

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries