Globalization and the City

by Günter Bischof

"The world today is far less a global village than a ?global city?, as global network of multidimensional urban spaces of congestion prominently forming ? and also formed by ? globalization. But the relevance of cities is nothing but new. They were essential for culture and civilization worldwide, they allowed a centralization of power and knowledge and they were crucial for the division of labor and for the organization of mass demand. Further, as places of intense and continuous interactions, cities are the locations par excellence for global history to take place. Thus, there is a need...