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Chasing World-Class Urbanism: Global Policy versus Everyday Survival in Buenos Aires

Hardback

Main Details

Title Chasing World-Class Urbanism: Global Policy versus Everyday Survival in Buenos Aires
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jacob Lederman
SeriesGlobalization and Community
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9781517908812
ClassificationsDewey:307.1216098211
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 37 B-W Illustrations, 2 Tables, 3 Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 14 July 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

Questions increasingly dominant urban planning orthodoxies and whether they truly serve everyday city dwellers What makes some cities world class? Increasingly, that designation reflects the use of a toolkit of urban planning practices and policies that circulates around the globe. These strategies-establishing creative districts dedicated to t

Author Biography

Jacob Lederman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Reviews

"Jacob Lederman shows how politicians' ambitions to make Buenos Aires a 'world-class' city appeal to global audiences while inflaming local tensions and reinforcing inequality. This nuanced study of a 'creative' city in the global South is a provocative, elegantly written contribution to comparative urban studies."-Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City and The Innovation Complex "This clearly written and persuasively argued book will be of invaluable use to urban sociologists and geographers interested in understanding in more detail and depth the varied ideological debates and pragmatic ramifications of urban policy making, city planning, and class relations in the Global South."-American Journal of Sociology "Chasing World-Class Urbanism is a book that ties conceptual innovation with empirical richness, and aims to put in conversation theories from different toolkits. "-Sociological Forum "A significant contribution to our provisional and still incomplete understanding of architecture's relation to capitalism. "-Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "[Chasing World-Class Urbanism] stands out in its nuanced analysis of the dynamics of global and local cultural politics."-City & Community