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Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities

By Ann Brooks , Lionel Wee

Book information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2014
ISBN
1783082267, 9781783082261
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
612 kB (626685 bytes)
Series
Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Pages
220\211
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-07-30 23:09:04
Asia China Hong Kong India Japan Korea Pakistan Ph

Description

‘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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