Global cities and the ends of globalism

Curtis, Simon (2018) Global cities and the ends of globalism. New Global Studies, 12 (1). pp. 75-90. ISSN 1940-0004

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Abstract

The global city has been both a product and driver of contemporary globalization. But today the global city is under threat from at least two directions. Firstly, despite their astonishing economic growth over the last four decades, they have become deeply divided and polarized in ways that threaten the integrity of the urban fabric. The second source of threat comes from the weakening of liberal world order. This article argues that global cities are at a point of crisis, because they embody an unstable form of global market society. In order to survive in a ‘global’ form, they will need to evolve by repurposing some of the political, economic and governance capacities that they have been developing over the last four decades. The article asks: what capacities and capabilities have global cities generated, and how might they be reoriented in the creation of alternative global city futures?

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	globalization,urbanization,global cities,capitalism,assemblage thinking,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Critical Global Politics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 May 2018 11:30
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2023 09:48
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66878
DOI:	10.1515/ngs-2018-0007

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