Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana (Space, Place and Society)

by Richard Grant

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As urbanization of the world's population grows at an ever-increasing pace, the need to understand the effects of globalization on cities is at the forefront of urban studies. Traditional scholarship largely employs a framework of analysis based on the globablizing experience of Western cities. In ""Globalizing City"", Richard Grant draws on ten years of empirical research in Accra, Ghana's capital city, to show how this African metropolis is as deeply transformed by globalization as the cities of other world regions.Grant reveals the ways in which international, transnational, and local forces are operating on the urban landscape of Accra, from...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780815631729
  • Publish Date 28 February 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Syracuse University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 187
  • Language English