Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee

Consumption, Cities and States (eBook, PDF)

Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

'Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities' examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in 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