Cities of the south : citizenship and exclusion in the twenty-first century / edited by Barbara Drieskens, Franck Mermier and Heiko Wimmen.

Format Book
Publication Info[London?] : Saqi, in association with Heinrich Boll Foundation, Institut Francais du Proche-Orient, ©2007.
Description330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorDrieskens, Barbara.
Other author/creatorMermier, Franck.
Other author/creatorWimmen, Heiko.
Other author/creatorHeinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
Other author/creatorInstitut français du Proche-Orient.
Contents Preface : cities and globalisation--challenges for citizenship / Kirsten Maas and Heiko Wimmen -- Introduction : towards new cosmopolitisms / Barbara Drieskens and Franck Mermier -- The paradigm of the city / Jean-François Bayart -- Europe without borders : migration networks, transnational territories and informal activities / Alain Tarrius -- The emergence of a consumer society in the Middle East / Leila Vignal -- Cairo cosmopolitan : citizenship, urban space, publics and inequality / Diane Singerman -- Decentralisation and its paradoxes in Morocco / Myriam Catusse with Raffaele Cattedra and M'hammed Idrissi-Janati -- Global city, tribal citizenship : Dubai's paradox / Marc Lavergne -- Demonstrations in Beirut / Melhem Chaoul -- From refugee camps to the invention of cities / Michel Agier -- Of other global cities : frontiers, zones, camps / Engin F. Isin and Kim Rygiel -- Redefining (il)legal boundaries / Mariana Cavalcanti -- The politics of Istanbul's Ottoman heritage in the era of globalism / Ayşe Öncü -- Post-industrial transitions / Vyjayanthi Rao -- Beirut : public sphere of the Arab world? / Franck Mermier -- Conclusion : 21st century cities of the south / Jean-François Bayart.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780863566110 (hbk.)
ISBN0863566111 (hbk.)