Migration, Urbanity and Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World
Migration, Urbanity and Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World
- Springer Nature 2021
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- IMISCOE Research Series .
Open Access
This open access book draws a theoretically productive triangle between urban studies, theories of cosmopolitanism, and migration studies in a global context. It provides a unique, encompassing and situated view on the various relations between cosmopolitanism and urbanity in the contemporary world. Drawing on a variety of cities in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, it overcomes the Eurocentric bias that has marked debate on cosmopolitanism from its inception. The contributions highlight the crucial role of migrants as actors of urban change and targets of urban policies, thus reconciling empirical and normative approaches to cosmopolitanism. By addressing issues such as cosmopolitanism and urban geographies of power, locations and temporalities of subaltern cosmopolites, political meanings and effects of cosmopolitan practices and discourses in urban contexts, it revisits contemporary debates on superdiversity, urban stratification and local incorporation, and assess the role of migration and mobility in globalization and social change.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-67365-9 9783030673659
10.1007/978-3-030-67365-9 doi
Human geography
Migration, immigration & emigration
Public administration
Contemporary cities Cosmopolitanism Global cities Human Geography Human Migration Migration migration and integration Migration Policy Migration, immigration & emigration Open access Population mobility Public administration Public Policy Residential patterns Superdiversity Urban Geography and Urbanism Urban planning Urban stratification Urban studies
Open Access
This open access book draws a theoretically productive triangle between urban studies, theories of cosmopolitanism, and migration studies in a global context. It provides a unique, encompassing and situated view on the various relations between cosmopolitanism and urbanity in the contemporary world. Drawing on a variety of cities in Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, it overcomes the Eurocentric bias that has marked debate on cosmopolitanism from its inception. The contributions highlight the crucial role of migrants as actors of urban change and targets of urban policies, thus reconciling empirical and normative approaches to cosmopolitanism. By addressing issues such as cosmopolitanism and urban geographies of power, locations and temporalities of subaltern cosmopolites, political meanings and effects of cosmopolitan practices and discourses in urban contexts, it revisits contemporary debates on superdiversity, urban stratification and local incorporation, and assess the role of migration and mobility in globalization and social change.
Creative Commons
English
978-3-030-67365-9 9783030673659
10.1007/978-3-030-67365-9 doi
Human geography
Migration, immigration & emigration
Public administration
Contemporary cities Cosmopolitanism Global cities Human Geography Human Migration Migration migration and integration Migration Policy Migration, immigration & emigration Open access Population mobility Public administration Public Policy Residential patterns Superdiversity Urban Geography and Urbanism Urban planning Urban stratification Urban studies