Global Cities, Systemic Power, and Upper-Middle-Class Influence  

Oleh:

Boschken, Herman L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Urban Affairs Review vol. 38 no. 6 (Jul. 2003), page 808-830.
Topik: global cities; upper middle class (UMC); globalization; UMC genre; social liberalism; policy making
Fulltext: 808UAR386.pdf (108.33KB)

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Perhaps the central feature distinguishing global cities from nonglobal ones is transnational connectedness. But another important consideration in urban globalization is the disproportionately high presence of upper middle class (UMC) whose membership includes institutional professionals at the forefront of postmodern awareness and international experience. Symbolized by a lifestyle genre, theUMCis more than a marker of the global city. It exerts a subliminal influence that prescribes the cityscape policy that outcomes planners emphasize to ensure principal membership for the city in global exchange. The author theorizes about this relationship underlying global-city development, proposes a construct for each variable, presents some preliminary empirical evidence of the association, and draws some implications about its social impacts.

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