Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities
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1. Verfasser: Brooks, Ann 1952- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Key issues in modern sociology
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Consumption, Cities and States; Title; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ranking Cities; States and Cities; Dimensions of Consumption: Reflexivity, Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship; Organization of the Book; Chapter 1 CONSUMPTION, REFLEXIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN GLOBAL CITIES; Introduction; Negotiating Reflexivity in Late Modernity; Cosmopolitanism as Elite Individual Subjectivity; Citizenship as an Ethical Regime; Regulating the Consumer; Conclusion; Chapter 2 ORDERS OF REFLEXIVITY; Introduction; Debating Reflexivity and Agency
Bohman and the Transformative Potential of Critical ReflexivityMultiple Markets, Ambivalence and Reflexivity; On Institutional Reflexivity; Reflexivity, the 'Ranked List' and Enterprise Culture; The Ranked List; Conclusion; Chapter 3 RESCALING FOR COMPETITIVENESS; Introduction; Globalization and Global Cities; Singapore: A Brief History; Concomitants of Rescaling: Time and Space; Global Cities: Aspirations and Concerns; Conclusion; Chapter 4 THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY NEGOTIATIONS; Introduction; The State in Singapore and the Institutionalization of Reflexivity; From Feedback to REACH.
Conversations about SingaporeThe Singaporean Diaspora; Conclusion; Chapter 5 (DE- )REGULATING ASIAN IDENTITIES: COMPARING ASIAN CITIES AND STATES; Introduction; Deregulation of Identity: The Enigma of Singapore; Malaysia: The Bumiputra Policy and Islam; Hong Kong: Competing with Mainlanders; Conclusion; Chapter 6 CITIZENSHIP, REFLEXIVITY AND THE STATE: INVESTIGATING 'DEFENSIVE ENGAGEMENT' IN A CITY-STATE; Introduction; Citizenship, Reflexivity and the State; Citizenship and Defensive Engagement in Singapore; Mobilization of Citizenship as Defensive Engagement
Citizenship and the Politics of Inclusion in the USAReflexivity and Defensive Engagement; Conclusion; Chapter 7 GOVERNING THE CITIZEN-CONSUMER: CITIZENSHIP, CASINOS AND 'CATHEDRALS OF CONSUMPTION'; Introduction; Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities and Consumption; Political Consumerism, Reflexivity and Citizenship; Legalizing Casinos in Singapore; Casinos and 'Integrated Resorts': Zones within Zones; Differentiating Consumers; Casinos and Consumption: A Brief History; 'Cathedrals of Consumption'; Casino Resorts: Aspirational Category or Addiction?; A Cosmopolitan City or Asian Nation-State?
Abstention as a Dimension of Political ConsumerismConclusion; Chapter 8 REGULATING CONSUMPTION AND THE 'PINK DOLLAR'; Introduction; Asian Values, Conservatism and Gay Activism in Asia; The Risk Society and the Politics of Consumption; Testing the Boundaries of Discreet Consumption; Gay Culture and City Life; Singapore, San Francisco and Stockholm; Chapter 9 STATES AS 'MIDWIVES' TO CITIES: COSMOPOLITANISM, CITIZENSHIP AND CONSUMPTION IN THE MODERN STATE; Introduction; Distinguishing between Realistic and Unrealistic Utopias
'Consumption, Cities and States' examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West. It focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical analyses: developing and amplifying the intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in late modernity in relation to a range of cities; examining the concept of the global city as an 'aspirational' category for cities in Asia and the West; and considering case studies which highlight the intersection of consumption and the state. As Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee demon
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