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245 0  $a The making of global city regions : $b Johannesburg, Mumbai/Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai / $c edited by Klaus Segbers, with the assistance of Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann.
260    $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2007.
300    $a xi, 369 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm.
440  0 $a Johns Hopkins studies in globalization
504    $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0  $a Introduction: global politics and the making of global city regions / Klaus Segbers -- City regions between their legacies and the global context. Johannesburg: (South) Africa's aspirant global city / Alan Mabin ; Mumbai: the mega-city of a poor country / Sujata Patel ; São Paulo: the metropolis of an elite society / Csaba Deák and Sueli Schiffer ; Shanghai: the evolution of China's future global city / Weiping Wu -- Who runs the city?: the 'makers' of global city regions. Politics of transformation: defining the city strategy in Johannesburg / Susan Parnell ; Formal and informal structures of power in Mumbai / Jim Masselos ; Legitimating power structures in São Paulo / Sueli Schiffer and Csaba Deák ; From "state-owned" to "city inc.": the case of Shanghai / Fulong Wu -- Contested future: discourses and images in city regions. The discourse of governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg / Robert A. Beauregard and Richard Tomlinson ; Versions of a postcolonial metropolis: competing discourses on Bombay's image / Ranjit Hoskote ; Two cities in one: diverse images of São Paulo / Pedro Jacobi ; Shaping perceptions of Shanghai: discourses, images, and visions / Zhongxin Sun -- Comments by senior officials. Johannesburg / Roland Hunter ; Mumbai/Bombay / Vidyadhar K. Phatak ; São Paulo / Jorge Wilheim ; Shanghai / Zhu Linchu -- Conclusion: challenges ahead for the southern contenders / Simon Raiser and Krister Volkmann.
650  0 $a Cities and towns. $v Case studies.
650  0 $a GLOBALIZATION
700 1  $a Segbers, Klaus.
700 1  $a Raiser, Simon.
700 1  $a Volkmann, Krister.
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