Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism
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Simon Curtis
Abstract
The global city has been both a product and driver of contemporary globalization. But today the global city is under threat from at least two directions. Firstly, despite their astonishing economic growth over the last four decades, they have become deeply divided and polarized in ways that threaten the integrity of the urban fabric. The second source of threat comes from the weakening of liberal world order. This article argues that global cities are at a point of crisis, because they embody an unstable form of global market society. In order to survive in a ‘global’ form, they will need to evolve by repurposing some of the political, economic and governance capacities that they have been developing over the last four decades. The article asks: what capacities and capabilities have global cities generated, and how might they be reoriented in the creation of alternative global city futures?
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Introduction
- Anti-gentrification Campaigns and the Fight for Local Control in California Cities
- Small and Smart: Why and How Smart City Solutions Can and Should be Adapted to the Unique Needs of Smaller Cities
- Global Questions About Rent and the Longue Durée of Urban Power, 1848 to the Present
- The De-globalized City
- Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism
- Religious Diversity, Social Cohesion, and the Role of Interfaith Cooperation in Resilient Global Cities
- Review Essays
- New York at its Core: A Review of an Exhibition at the City Museum of New York
- Owen Hatherley: Landscapes of Communism, Yuri Slezkine: The House of Government and John Davies, Alexander J. Kent: The Red Atlas
- Book Reviews
- Andrew Brooks: The End of Development. A Global History of Poverty and Prosperity
- Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit: The Globalization of International Society
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Introduction
- Anti-gentrification Campaigns and the Fight for Local Control in California Cities
- Small and Smart: Why and How Smart City Solutions Can and Should be Adapted to the Unique Needs of Smaller Cities
- Global Questions About Rent and the Longue Durée of Urban Power, 1848 to the Present
- The De-globalized City
- Global Cities and the Ends of Globalism
- Religious Diversity, Social Cohesion, and the Role of Interfaith Cooperation in Resilient Global Cities
- Review Essays
- New York at its Core: A Review of an Exhibition at the City Museum of New York
- Owen Hatherley: Landscapes of Communism, Yuri Slezkine: The House of Government and John Davies, Alexander J. Kent: The Red Atlas
- Book Reviews
- Andrew Brooks: The End of Development. A Global History of Poverty and Prosperity
- Tim Dunne and Christian Reus-Smit: The Globalization of International Society
