Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee

Consumption, Cities and States (eBook, PDF)

Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

In 'Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities', Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee focus on the interrelationship of consumption, citizenship and the state in the context of globalization, calling for greater emphasis to be placed on the citizen as consumer. While it is widely recognized that citizenship is increasingly defined by 'gradations of esteem', where different kinds of rights and responsibilities accrue to different categories and subcategories of 'citizens', not enough analytical focus has been given to how the status of being a citizen impacts the individual's consumption. The interface between citizen status and consumer activity is a crucial point of analysis in light of the neoliberal assertion that individuals and institutions perform at their best within a free market economy, and because of the state's expectations regarding citizens' rights and responsibilities as consumers not just as producers. In this remarkable comparative study, the authors examine these relationships across a number of cities in both Asia and the West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783082377
• Artikelnr.: 44472380

Autorenporträt

Ann Brooks is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Health and Community, Plymouth University. She was appointed Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at the University of Adelaide in 2008 and is part of the Australian Research Council-funded Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions.

Lionel Wee is a Professor and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Consumption, Reflexivity and Citizenship in Global Cities
Chapter 2: Orders of Reflexivity
Chapter 3: Rescaling for Competitiveness
Chapter 4: The Dynamics of State-Society Negotiations
Chapter 5: (De-)Regulating Asian Identities: Comparing Asian Cities and States
Chapter 6: Citizenship, Reflexivity and the State: Investigating 'Defensive Engagement' in a City-State
Chapter 7: Governing the Citizen-Consumer: Citizenship, Casinos and 'Cathedrals of Consumption'
Chapter 8: Regulating Consumption and the 'Pink Dollar'
Chapter 9: States as 'Midwives' to Cities: Cosmopolitanism, Citizenship and Consumption in the Modern State
References
Index