Re-inventing the City?: Liverpool in Comparative Perspective - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853238073 ISBN 13: 9780853238072

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2003

Synopsis

"The City" has always been a strong focal point for critical social enquiry given its undisputed centrality for human life in the modern era. More recently there has been a surge of interest in the postmodern city, the most popular subject being Los Angeles and the "global city" - the New Yorks, Londons and Tokyos of the world - cities linked together through flows of finance. This study seeks to redress the balance using Liverpool, a city neither recognised as "global" or "postmodern" as its focus. Although Liverpool is the central theme of the book, Munck gives an informed comparative overview of the city in a worldwide context. The introductory chapter sets the scene for the various contributions by re-examining the postmodern global city thesis, surveying various attempts and prospects for regenerating cities like Liverpool, and examining in detail the cultural, social and economic legacy of the city. Particular emphasis is placed on the people of Liverpool, young and old, and how they envisage the city's development.

About this title

About the Author:

RONALDO MUNCK is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Liverpool. Born and educated in Argentina, Ronaldo went on to do a PhD at the University of Essex on the Brazilian Military Coup in 1964. Since then he has published widely on Latin America, from the best-selling Politics and Dependency in the Third World: The Case of Latin America (1984) to Contemporary Latin America (forthcoming). He is currently Senior Editor of the Bulletin of Latin American Research as well as an editor of the US journal Latin American Perspectives, and has been engaged to edit a book series on globalization for the Kumarian Press in the USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0853238073
• ISBN 13: 9780853238072
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Munck Professor Ronaldo