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Author:   James Holston
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9780822322542

ISBN 10:   0822322544
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   06 November 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Cities and Citizenship / James Holston and Arjun Appadurai Part One Cities and the Making of Citizens Intellectuals, Cities, and Citizenship in the United States: The 1890s and 1990s / Thomas Bender Urban Youth and Senegalese Politics: Dakar 1988-1994 / Mamadou Diouf Islamic Modernities? Citizenship, Civil Society, and Islamism in a Nigerian City / Michael Watts Sao Paulo: Photographic Essay / Cristiano Mascaro Fortified Enclaves: The New Urban Segregation / Theresa P. R. Caldeira Genealogy: Lincoln Steffens on New York / Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar and Christopher Kamrath Spaces of Insurgent Citizenship / James Holston Part Two Cities and Transnational Formations Whose City Is It? Globalization and the Formation of New Claims / Saskia Sassen Is European Citizenship Possible? / Etienne Balibar Violence, Culture, and Democracy: A European Perspective / Michel Wieviorka From the Atlas to the Alps: Chronicle of a Moroccan Migration / Marco Jacquemet Contributors Index

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""" ... the contributors to Cities and Citizenship all share a belief that cities are once again acquiring a new significance in determining the rights of the citizen.""--TLS, October 15, 1999 ""Cities and Citizenship is a welcome contribution to the literature on citizenship and politics in the context of globalization ... this is a wonderful book. The contributions to the collection provide important insights and examples ... [and makes] important contributions ... to our understanding of new spaces and forms of citizenship. I highly recommend this book.""--Urban Studies, Vol 37, No. 1, 2000"

... the contributors to Cities and Citizenship all share a belief that cities are once again acquiring a new significance in determining the rights of the citizen. --TLS, October 15, 1999 Cities and Citizenship is a welcome contribution to the literature on citizenship and politics in the context of globalization ... this is a wonderful book. The contributions to the collection provide important insights and examples ... [and makes] important contributions ... to our understanding of new spaces and forms of citizenship. I highly recommend this book. --Urban Studies, Vol 37, No. 1, 2000

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James Holston is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasília.

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