TY - BOOK ID - 77900105 TI - Globalizing city PY - 2009 SN - 0815650973 9780815650973 9780815631729 0815631723 PB - Syracuse, N.Y. DB - UniCat KW - Globalization KW - Urbanization KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Cities and towns, Movement to KW - Urban development KW - Urban systems KW - Cities and towns KW - Social history KW - Sociology, Rural KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Urban policy KW - Rural-urban migration KW - Accra (Ghana) KW - Akkra (Ghana) KW - Akra (Ghana) KW - Nkran (Ghana) KW - أكرا (Ghana) KW - Горад Акра (Ghana) KW - Horad Akra (Ghana) KW - Акра (Ghana) KW - Аккра (Ghana) KW - Ακκρα (Ghana) KW - Acra (Ghana) KW - Akrao (Ghana) KW - 아크라 (Ghana) KW - Ak'ŭra (Ghana) KW - Аккрæ (Ghana) KW - Akkræ (Ghana) KW - אקרה (Ghana) KW - Aḳrah (Ghana) KW - アクラ (Ghana) KW - Economic conditions. KW - Economic conditions KW - Urbanization - Ghana - Accra KW - Globalization - Ghana - Accra KW - Accra (Ghana) - Economic conditions UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77900105 AB - As urbanization of the world's population grows at an ever-increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis based on the globalizing experience of Western cities. In Globalizing City, Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, to show how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions.Grant reveals the ways in which international, transnational, and local forces are operating on the urban landscape of Accra, from elite gated communities to the poorest slums. Through interviews and extensive fieldwork, he examines how foreign companies, returned expatriates, and native Ghanaians foster globalization on multiple levels. Globalizing City offers an excellent case study of the complex social and economic dynamics that have transformed Accra, providing an essential guide for studying globalizing cities in general. ER -