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Brooks Ann <1952-> |
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Consumption, cities, and states : comparing Singapore with Asian and western cities / / Ann Brooks and Lionel Wee [[electronic resource]] |
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London : , : Anthem Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 191 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
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Citizenship - Singapore |
Citizenship - Asia |
Citizenship - Western countries |
Singapore Economic conditions |
Asia Economic conditions |
Western countries Economic conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
Bohman and the Transformative Potential of Critical Reflexivity Multiple Markets, Ambivalence and Reflexivity; On Institutional Reflexivity; Reflexivity, the 'Ranked List' and Enterprise Culture; The Ranked List; Conclusion; Chapter 3 RESCALING FOR COMPETITIVENESS; Introduction; Globalization and Global Cities; Singapore: A Brief History; Concomitants of Rescaling: Time and Space; Global Cities: Aspirations and Concerns; Conclusion; Chapter 4 THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY NEGOTIATIONS; Introduction; The State in Singapore and the Institutionalization of Reflexivity; From Feedback to REACH |
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Conversations about Singapore The Singaporean Diaspora; Conclusion; Chapter 5 (DE-)REGULATING ASIAN IDENTITIES: COMPARING ASIAN CITIES AND STATES; Introduction; Deregulation of Identity: The Enigma of Singapore; Malaysia: The Bumiputra Policy and Islam; Hong Kong: Competing with Mainlanders; Conclusion; Chapter 6 CITIZENSHIP, REFLEXIVITY AND THE STATE: INVESTIGATING 'DEFENSIVE ENGAGEMENT' IN A CITY-STATE; Introduction; Citizenship, Reflexivity and the State; Citizenship and Defensive Engagement in Singapore; Mobilization of Citizenship as Defensive Engagement |
Citizenship and the Politics of Inclusion in the USA Reflexivity and Defensive Engagement; Conclusion; Chapter 7 GOVERNING THE CITIZEN-CONSUMER: CITIZENSHIP, CASINOS AND 'CATHEDRALS OF CONSUMPTION'; Introduction; Citizenship: Rights, Responsibilities and Consumption; Political Consumerism, Reflexivity and Citizenship; Legalizing Casinos in Singapore; Casinos and 'Integrated Resorts': Zones within Zones; Differentiating Consumers; Casinos and Consumption: A Brief History; 'Cathedrals of Consumption'; Casino Resorts: Aspirational Category or Addiction?; A Cosmopolitan City or Asian Nation-State? |
Abstention as a Dimension of Political Consumerism Conclusion; Chapter 8 REGULATING CONSUMPTION AND THE 'PINK DOLLAR'; Introduction; Asian Values, Conservatism and Gay Activism in Asia; The Risk Society and the Politics of Consumption; Testing the Boundaries of Discreet Consumption; Gay Culture and City Life; Singapore, San Francisco and Stockholm; Chapter 9 STATES AS 'MIDWIVES' TO CITIES: COSMOPOLITANISM, CITIZENSHIP AND CONSUMPTION IN THE MODERN STATE; Introduction; Distinguishing between Realistic and Unrealistic Utopias |
Managing Same-Sex Relations in Singapore, Sydney, Stockholm and San Francisco |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'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 demonstrate, the interface between citizen status and consumer activity proves a crucial point of analysis in the light of the neoliberal assertion that individuals and institutions perform at their best within a free market economy. |
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