Cities and Power: Worldwide Perspectives, 1st Edition

What do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set of eminent urban scholar in crisp articles on capital cities from around the world, from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from Jakarta to Moscow. Focus is on contemporary cities and their manifestations and representations of power, though often with a historical grounding, and the collection also includes an example of archaeological urban analysis, from northern Mesopotamia. Through its variety of approaches by leading scholars of the field, and its variety of cities with their different histories and their diverse national contexts and political organization the book gives a uniquely insightful and easily accessible world overview of cities of power. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Urban Sciences.Cities and Power: Worldwide Perspectives 1st Edition is written by Göran Therborn and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Cities and Power are 9781317301561, 1317301560 and the print ISBNs are 9781138309074, 1138309079. Additional ISBNs include 9781138123649, 9781138123809, 9781315648620, 9781317301554, 9781317301578.