includes index and Bibliography

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

City Experiences

The Production of Culture: Abu Dhabi's Urban Strategies
Yasser Elsheshtawy

Creative City, City Marketing, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy: Challenges for Antwerp
Annick Schramme and Katia Segers

PART TWO: INDICATOR SUITES

Overarching Issues

City suits

Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world's urban hubs - through its diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, the book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework. Making a truly global contribution to the literature, editors Isar and Anheier bring together a truly international and highly-respected collection of scholars. In doing so, they skilfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning. Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy."--Publisher's website