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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Helmut K Anheier , Yudhishthir Raj IsarPublisher: Sage Publications Ltd Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd Volume: 5 Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 1.050kg ISBN: 9781446201220ISBN 10: 1446201228 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 04 April 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword - Saskia Sassen Introduction - Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K. Anheier PART ONE: METROPOLITAN CULTURAL POLITICS, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE Overarching Issues Cities as Geopolitical Spaces for the Global Governance of Culture - Katharine Sarikakis Communication Networks, Cities and the Informal Economies - Ramon Lobato Challenges of Governance in Multi-Ethnic Cities - Phil Wood Cities and Universities: A Virtual Cultural Policy Nexus - Dragan Klaic Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development - Nancy Duxbury, Catherine Cullen and Jordi Pascual City Branding - Lily Kong Competing Cities and Spectacularizing Urban Landscapes - Davide Ponzini The Creative Cities Discourse: Production and/or Consumption? - Stuart Cunningham The Creative City: Compelling and Contentious - Charles Landry City Experiences The Production of Culture: Abu Dhabi′s Urban Strategies - Yasser Elsheshtawy Amsterdam: A Multi-Cultural Capital of Culture - Simin Davoudi and Wil Zonneveld Creative City, City Marketing, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy: Challenges for Antwerp - Annick Schramme and Katia Segers ′Creative Governance′ in Berlin? - Janet Merkel Brazzaville: A Global Village of African Culture - Patrice Yengo Spectacularizing Fès - Justin McGuinness Reshaping, Installing, Pioneering, Spearheading... Re-aalignment of Istanbul - Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins Johannesburg: Investing in Cultural Economies or Publics? - Edgar Pieterse and Kim Gurney Rich but Divided ... the Politics of Cultural Policy in London - Kate Oakley The Cultural Mapping of L′viv - Ihor Savchak and Linda Knudsen McAusland MarseilleS-Provence 2013: Cultural Capital, but for What Kind of Europe and under Which Globalization? - Ferdinand Richard Medellin: Tales of Fear and Hope - Octavio Arbeláez Tobón Melbourne and Brisbane: The Claims of Suburbs - Terry Flew and Mark Gibson Mexico City: Cultural Policies, Governance and Civil Society - Lucina Jiménez Mumbai: Historic Preservation by Citizens - Abha Narain Lambah New York City: City Culture as Public Display - David Halle and Louise Mirrer Paris: A Process of Metropolitanization - Stephen W Sawyer and Mathias Rouet São Paulo: Rich Culture, Poor Access - Maria Carolina Vasconcelos-Oliveira Shanghai: Images of Modernity - Justin O′Connor and Xin Gu Torino: A Change of Skin and More - Luca Dal Pozzolo Vancouver: The Enigmatic Emerging Cultural Metropolis - Catherine Murray and Tom Hutton Venice, Reloaded? A Tale of Urban Life (and Death) - Pier Luigi Sacco Cultures and Cities: Some Policy Implications - Yudhishthir Raj Isar Ethnographic Snapshots: Visions of Cities - Mieka Ritsema PART TWO: INDICATOR SUITESReviewsIt is in cities that the multifaceted intersections of culture and globalization are most keenly felt, and most creatively responded to. Comprehensive in thematics and ambitious in scope, this volume is an essential guidebook to understanding the shaping and making of culture and cultural policy in our urbanised world Ien Ang Director, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> It is in cities that the multifaceted intersections of culture and globalization are most keenly felt, and most creatively responded to. Comprehensive in thematics and ambitious in scope, this volume is an essential guidebook to understanding the shaping and making of culture and cultural policy in our urbanised world Ien Ang Director, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> The cultural presence in struggles around political, economic, technical, and legal issues centered in the realities of cities can become catalysts for changes in a whole range of institutional domains - markets, participatory governance, judicial recourse, cultures of engagement and deliberation, and rights for members of the urban community regardless of lineage and origin. The resurgence of the city as a site for research on these major contemporary dynamics is evident in many different disciplines - sociology, anthropology, economic geography, cultural studies, and literary criticism... This volume is a significant contribution to this larger body of research and interpretation... It opens new ground for research, interpretation and policy making in our emergent global urban era From the Foreword by Saskia Sassen Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> It is in cities that the multifaceted intersections of culture and globalization are most keenly felt, and most creatively responded to. Comprehensive in thematics and ambitious in scope, this volume is an essential guidebook to understanding the shaping and making of culture and cultural policy in our urbanised world Ien Ang Director, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> This is a significant volume that firmly situates the discussion about globalization, cultural production and the challenges for policy formulation in the dynamic, slippery and ever shifting terrain of the contemporary urban condition Rahul Mehrotra Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> The fifth volume in the Cultures and Globalization series, Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance, edited by Helmut Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar, continues to address the various facets that result from the intersection of culture and globalisation... Throughout the book it is clear that the editors have taken great pains to demonstrate the speed with which the new glocal culture has come to dominate cultural policy decisions and the direction of governance, ensuring that debates and information are as up to date as possible. When we come to the city case studies the same is true, with the key issues faced by London referencing the 2011 riots, and the impact of the growing global financial crisis... Overall, a great introduction to an interesting collection of ideas, which should give the reader the impetus they need to explore further. Rebecca Litchfield LSE Review of Books The cultural presence in struggles around political, economic, technical, and legal issues centered in the realities of cities can become catalysts for changes in a whole range of institutional domains - markets, participatory governance, judicial recourse, cultures of engagement and deliberation, and rights for members of the urban community regardless of lineage and origin. The resurgence of the city as a site for research on these major contemporary dynamics is evident in many different disciplines - sociology, anthropology, economic geography, cultural studies, and literary criticism... This volume is a significant contribution to this larger body of research and interpretation... It opens new ground for research, interpretation and policy making in our emergent global urban era From the Foreword by Saskia Sassen Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University It is in cities that the multifaceted intersections of culture and globalization are most keenly felt, and most creatively responded to. Comprehensive in thematics and ambitious in scope, this volume is an essential guidebook to understanding the shaping and making of culture and cultural policy in our urbanised world Ien Ang Director, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney This is a significant volume that firmly situates the discussion about globalization, cultural production and the challenges for policy formulation in the dynamic, slippery and ever shifting terrain of the contemporary urban condition Rahul Mehrotra Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University The fifth volume in the Cultures and Globalization series, Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance, edited by Helmut Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar, continues to address the various facets that result from the intersection of culture and globalisation... Throughout the book it is clear that the editors have taken great pains to demonstrate the speed with which the new glocal culture has come to dominate cultural policy decisions and the direction of governance, ensuring that debates and information are as up to date as possible. When we come to the city case studies the same is true, with the key issues faced by London referencing the 2011 riots, and the impact of the growing global financial crisis... Overall, a great introduction to an interesting collection of ideas, which should give the reader the impetus they need to explore further. Rebecca Litchfield LSE Review of Books It is in cities that the multifaceted intersections of culture and globalization are most keenly felt, and most creatively responded to. Comprehensive in thematics and ambitious in scope, this volume is an essential guidebook to understanding the shaping and making of culture and cultural policy in our urbanised world Ien Ang Director, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney <hr color= GBP666666 size= 1px /> Author InformationHelmut K. Anheier, PhD, is President and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, and holds a chair of sociology at Heidelberg University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, was a senior researcher at John Hopkins School of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA′s Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at LSE, the Center for Civil Society at UCLA, and the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations. He is author of over 400 publications, and won various international prizes and recognitions for his scholarship. Amongst his recent book publications are Nonprofit Organizations - Theory, Management, Policy (London: Routledge, 2014), A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations with David Hammack (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2013) and The Global Studies Encyclopedia with Mark Juergensmeyer (5 vols, Sage, 2012). He is the principal academic lead of the Hertie School´s annual Governance Report (Oxford University Press, 2013-), and currently working on projects relating to indicator research, social innovation, and success and failure in philanthropy. Yudhishthir Raj Isar is an independent analyst, advisor and public speaker who straddles different worlds of cultural theory, experience and practice. He is Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at The American University of Paris and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney. He has also been maître de conference at Sciences Po, Paris. Professor Isar is co-editor of the Cultures and Globalization Series (SAGE). He is a trustee of civil society cultural organisations and consultant to international organisations and foundations and Past President of Culture Action Europe. Earlier, at UNESCO, where he served from 1973 to 2002, he was notably Executive Secretary of the World Commission on Culture and Development and Director of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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