Consumption, Cities and States Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities

Summary: '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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ISBN: 9781783082377
ISBN: 1783082372
ISBN: 9781783082261
ISBN: 1783082267
Physical Description: electronic resource
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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:august.17 Multi-User. CatMonthString:june.15 AC-SUB Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2014). Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password. Electronic version available.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.