Description: Globalizing City : The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana, Hardcover by Grant, Richard, ISBN 0815631723, ISBN-13 9780815631729, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
As urbanization of the worlds population grows at an ever-increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis based on the globalizing experience of Western cities. In Globalizing City, Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghanas capital city, to show how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions.
Grant reveals the ways in which international, transnational, and local forces are operating on the urban landscape of Accra, from elite gated communities to the poorest slums. Through interviews and extensive fieldwork, he examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels. Globalizing City offers an excellent case study of the complex social and economic dynamics that have transformed Accra, providing an essential guide for studying globalizing cities in general.
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Book Title: Globalizing City : The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Globalizing City : the Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Africa / West, Developing & Emerging Countries, Sociology / General, Globalization, Economic Conditions, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2009
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Richard Grant
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 9.3 in
Series: Space, Place and Society Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
