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The literature on 'world cities' has had an enormous influence on urban theory and planning alike. From Manila to London, academics and policy makers have attempted to understand, and to some extent strive for, world city status. This book is a study of Cape Town's standing in this network of urban centres, and an investigation of the conceptual appropriateness of this world city hypothesis. Drawing on more than a dozen years of fieldwork in Cape Town, McDonald provides an historical overview of institutional and structural reforms, examining fiscal imbalances, political marginalization, (d

Human geography --- Neoliberalism --- Urbanization --- Equality --- Racism --- Sociology, Urban --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Bias, Racial --- Race bias --- Race prejudice --- Racial bias --- Prejudices --- Anti-racism --- Critical race theory --- Race relations --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Neo-liberalism --- Liberalism --- Cape Town (South Africa) --- Kaapstad (South Africa) --- Capetown (South Africa) --- Le Cap (South Africa) --- Ikapa (South Africa) --- Geography. --- Politics and government. --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Urbanisation --- Le Cap (Afrique du Sud) --- Administration --- Conditions économiques --- Conditions sociales --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Etnografie: Afrika

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Critically assessing meanings of the term 'public', this book situates the emergence and expansion of 'public services' within market-based forms of production and consumption. It highlights the potential for making public services more progressive within market societies, but underscores their ongoing capture by private interests and emphasises the inherent limits of reform within a 'bourgeois public sphere'. The author explores opportunities for more expansive forms of non-marketized public services, examining emerging debates on the theory and practice of equitable, participatory and sustainable forms of publicness that go beyond mere ownership. The book then asks how we can build a robust international 'pro-public' movement that juggles universal needs with local context. With a focus on essential public services such as water, electricity and health, the text is global in its scope and written for a broad audience. It will be useful for those interested in social and public policy, public services and public administration, political theory, economic geography, social movements, sustainability and development.

Privatization. --- Public administration. --- Civil service. --- Municipal services. --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Municipal services within corporate limits --- Public services --- Municipal government --- Public utilities --- Bureaucrats --- Career government service --- Civil servants --- Civil service --- Government employees --- Government service --- Public employees --- Public service (Civil service) --- Public administration --- Public service employment --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc.

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Migration. Refugees --- International economic relations --- South Africa --- Brain drain