Mobile Urbanism: Cities and Policymaking in the Global Age

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Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading geographers reveal that cities are not isolated objects of study; rather, they are dynamic, global-local assemblages of policies, practices, and ideas. Through empirical examples from Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, contributors bring to light the methodological challenges that researchers face in the study of an urban-global, territorial-relational conceptualization of cities and suggest new approaches to understanding urbanism in a networked world.

Eugene McCann is associate professor of geography at Simon Fraser University. Kevin Ward is professor of human geography at the University of Manchester.

"At the core of this book is the recognition that far and near no longer be taken for granted. This makes it possible to explore geographies of responsibility as they stretch across space, highlighting linkages that are otherwise rather too easy to avoid. It also makes it possible to explore the ways in which apparently distant phenomena can be drawn in by political actors to reinforce their position, to develop political initiatives, resolve or generate political controversy, and build political power and authority." -Allan Cochrane, from the Foreword