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L'esthétisation du monde : Vivre à l'âge du capitalisme artiste
Présentation par l'éditeur : On connaît la rengaine, tant elle semble réaliste : richesse du monde, appauvrissement des existences ; triomphe du capital, liquidation des savoir-vivre ; surpuissance de la finance,…
Architecture et altermondialisation
Présentation par l'éditeur : Cette recherche, menée en 2004 à l'Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux, n'a pas eu besoin de beaucoup de mises à jour pour être toujours d'actualité tant la…
Building globalization : Transnational architecture production in urban China
Abstract from the publisher : From the years 2004 to 2008, Beijing and Shanghai witnessed the construction of an extraordinary number of new buildings, many of which were designed by architectural firms overseas. Combining ethnographic fieldwork,…
Cape Town after apartheid : Crime and governance in the divided city
Abstract from the publisher : Reveals how liberal democracy and free-market economics reproduce the inequalities of apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa Nearly two decades after the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa, how different does the…
Cities and time
Cities are the human organizations with the greatest longevity but also the fastest rate of change. Just now the world is going massively and unstoppably urban (governments everywhere are trying to stop it, with zero success). In a globalized world,…
Expulsions. Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy
Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms…
Saskia Sassen, la ville globale aujourd'hui
Le 21e siècle sera urbain. Le phénomène considérable et massif de l'urbanisme fait de la question des mégapoles un des principaux enjeux de la planète. Si, dans la vieille Europe, l'accroissement des villes se lit dans une continuité lente, le…
La ville globale
Une conférence donnée dans le cadre de l'Université de tous les savoirs.
Saskia Sassen est sociologue, Professeure à l'Université de Chicago, spécialiste de sociologie urbaine. Ses travaux portent sur les villes globales, mais également sur la…
Saskia Sassen est sociologue, Professeure à l'Université de Chicago, spécialiste de sociologie urbaine. Ses travaux portent sur les villes globales, mais également sur la…
Mondialisation, villes et territoires. L'économie d'archipel
La mondialisation n'est pas l'avènement d'un espace abstrait, sans distances, sans inscriptions locales autres que précaires et résiduelles. [...] Les Etats et restent des acteurs majeurs et ne sont pas près d'être marginalisés (du moins les grands…
La Ville des flux
La mondialisation est avant tout urbaine. Devenue un gigantesque accélérateur de trajectoires individuelles, soumise aux impératifs de la vitesse, la ville des flux perd progressivement son attache avec le territoire. Elle oscille ainsi entre les…
International handbook of globalization and world cities
Abstract from the publisher: This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world. By treating cities at a global scale, it…
Everyday life in the segmented city
Abstract from the publisher: This volume of "Research in Urban Sociology" is composed of a selection of the papers presented at the conference "Everyday Life in the Segmented City" held in July 2010, Florence. The conference…
Living in the endless city
Abstract from the publisher :
- The companion to Phaidon’s popular The Endless City, with the same mix of smart writing, remarkable photographs and incisive data on the field of urban development and its related disciplines
- An authoritative…
Latin America at the crossroads : Architectural Design
Abstract from the publisher : The announcement of Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympic host city has placed Latin America on the world's stage. Latin America has not been the centre of international architectural attention and pilgrimage since the…
Planning Asian cities : Risks and resilience
Abstract from the publisher : In Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience, Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific…
Cities in transition : Globalization, political change and urban development
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This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces. Rather, universal forces are decisive…
Mobile urbanism : Cities and policymaking in the global age
Abstract from the publisher : How knowledge and power flow between places and impact cities worldwide Mobile Urbanism provides a unique set of perspectives on the current global-urban condition. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work, leading…
Global ideologies and urban landscapes
Abstract from the publisher : How do political ideologies and urban landscapes intersect in the context of globalization? This volume illuminates the production of ideologies as both discursive and spatial phenomena in distinct contributions that…
Global urbanization
Abstract from the publisher : For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Much of this urbanization has been fueled by the rapidly growing cities of the developing world, exemplified most dramatically…