Cities, cultural policy and governance / ed. by Helmut K. Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar

Foreword Saskia Sassen

Introduction Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K. Anheier

Part 1: Metropolitan cultural politics, policies and goverance. Overarching issues. Cities as geopolitical spaces for the global governance of culture Katharine Sarikakis

Communication networks, cities, and the informal economies Ramon Lobato

Challenges of governance in multi-ethnic cities Phil Wood

Cities and universities: a virtual cultural policy nexus Dragan Klaic

Cities, culture and sustainable development Nancy Duxbury, Catherine Cullen and Jordi Pascual

City branding Lily Kong

Competing cities and spectacularizing urban landscapes Davide Ponzini

The creative cities discourse: production and/or consumption? Stuart Cunningham

The creative city: compelling and contentious Charles Landry

City experiences. The production of culture: Abu Dhabi's urban strategies Yasser Elsheshtawy

Amsterdam: a multi-cultural capital of culture Simin Davoudi and Wil Zonneveld

Creative city, city marketing, creative industries and cultural policy: challenges for Antwerp Annick Schramme and Katia Segers

'Creative governance' in Berlin? Janet Merkel

Brazzaville: a global village of African culture Patrice Yengo

Spectacularizing Fès Justin McGuinness

Reshaping, installing, pioneering, spearheading...realignment of Istanbul Asu Aksoy and Kevin Robins / Johannesburg: investing in cultural economies or publics? / Edgar Pieterse and Kim Gurney

Rich but divided...the politics of cultural policy in London Kate Oakley

The cultural mapping of L'viv Ihor Savchak and Linda Knudsen McAusland

Marseille-Provence 2013: cultural capital, but for what kind of Europe and under which globalisation? Ferdinand Richard

Medellin: tales of fear and hope Octavio Arbeláez Tobón

Melbourne and Brisbane: the claims of suburbs Terry Flew and Mark Gibson

Mexico City: cultural policies, governance and civil society Lucina Jiménez

Mumbai: historic preservation by citizens Abha Narain Lambah

New York City: city culture as public display David Halle and Louise Mirrer

Paris: a process of metropolitanization Stephen W. Sawyer and Mathias Rouet

São Paulo: rich culture, poor access Maria Carolina

Vasconcelos-Oliveira Shanghai: images of modernity Justin O'Connor and Xin Gu

Torino: a change of skin and more Luca Dal Pozzolo

Vancouver: the enigmatic emerging cultural metropolis Catherine Murray and Tom Hutton / Venice, reloaded? a tale of urban life (and death) / Pier Luigi Sacco

Cultures and cities: some policy implications Yudhishthir Raj Isar

Ethnographic snapshots: visions of cities Mieka Ritsema

Part 2: Indicator suites Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K Anheier. Describing and comparing culture in cities globally: an overview / Michael Hoelscher

Overarching issues. Trends in urbanisation ; City networks and rankings ; City comparisons ; City suites. Abu Dhabi ; Berlin ; Istanbul ; London ; L'viv ; Mexioc City ; New York City ; São Paulo ; Shanghai.

"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