TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chen,Xiangming
TI  - Shanghai rising: state power and local transformations in a global megacity 
T2  - Globalization and community
SN  - 9780816654871 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HT 384 S528 2009
U1  - 307.760951/132 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - City and town life
KW  - China
KW  - Shanghai
KW  - City planning
KW  - Social change
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Growth
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Urbanización
KW  - Estudio de casos
KW  - Globalización
KW  - Shanghai (China)
KW  - Condiciones económicas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : a globalizing city on the rise : Shanghai's transformation in comparative perspective; Xiangming Chen --; The global city perspective; theoretical implications for Shanghai; Saskia Sassen --; High-tech activity and urban economic development in the United States : where should the bar be set for Shanghai?; Ann R. Markusen and Pingkang Yu --; Aviation infrastructure, competitiveness, and aerotropolis development in the global economy : making Shanghai China's true gateway city; John D. Kasarda --; Competitive urban economic policies in global cities : Shanghai through the lens of Singapore; K.C. Ho --; Becoming a Chinese global city : Hong Kong; (and Shanghai) beyond the global-local duality; Tai-lok Lui and Stephen W.K. Chiu --; Globalization, the changing state, and local governance in Shanghai; Fulong Wu --; Leaps and lags in the global information age : Shanghai's telecom and informational development in comparative perspective; Zhenhua Zhou and Xiangming Chen --; Striving to be a global city from below : the restructuring of Shanghai's urban districts; Tingwei Zhang --; Downward pressure and upward bubbling : global influence and community; (re)building in Shanghai; Hanlong Lu, Yuan Ren, and Xiangming Chen --; Fast foods and brand clothes in Shanghai : how and why do locals consume globally?; Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen --; Conclusion : Shanghai as a new global(izing) city : lessons for and from Shanghai; Xiangming Chen and Anthony M. Orum
N2  - This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai's politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces
ER  -