Transnationalism and Urbanism

by Stefan Krätke (Editor), Kathrin Wildner (Editor), Stephan Lanz (Editor)

Overview

This volume gathers a global array of scholars from a range of disciplines - geography, ethnography, urban planning - to explore theoretical and methodological approaches to to the relation between transnationalism (both as a concept and an empirical reality) and the production of urban spaces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138807426
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/19/2014
Series:	Routledge Research in Transnationalism
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stefan Krätke is Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder.

Kathrin Wildner is Assistant Professor at the European-University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder.

Stephan Lanz is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder.

Table of Contents

1. The Transnationality of Cities – Concepts, Dimensions and Research Fields: An Introduction Stefan Krätke, Kathrin Wildner and Stephan Lanz 2. Transnationality and the City Nina Glick-Schiller 3. Cities of the Global South in the Context of Transnational Urbanism and International Development Policies Hans Harms 4. Transnational Planning: Reconfiguring Spaces and Institutions Clara Irazábal 5. Conceptualizing Transnational Urban Spaces: Multicentered Agency, Placeless Organizational Logics, and the Built Environment Christof Parnreiter 6. Materializing the Digital Commodity: Recording Studios in Transnational Project Networks of Digital Musical Production Michael Hoyler and Allan Watson 7. Global Capitalism and the Informal Economy: A Methodological Approach to the Complex Incorporation of Mexican Cities into the Globalized Markets Sandra Alarcón 8. The Return of the Local?: Anglicization, Transnationalism and Religion in the Global City John Eade 9. Small Town Transnationalism: Socio-Spatial Dynamics of Immigration to the Heartland Faranak Miraftab 10. Challenging Heteronomous Power in a Globalized World: Insurgent Spatial Practices, ‘Militant Particularism’, and Multiscalarity Marcelo Lopes de Souza 11. Move From and Not On the Occult Zone (Where the People Dwell): An Argument for the Political Priority of Solidarity with Popular (and Largely Situated) Mobilization by the Poor over Transnational Organization by Civil Society Richard Pithouse