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Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities (Key Issues in Modern Sociology)
Consumption Cities and States Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities - Key Issues in Modern Sociology Author:Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee ?Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities? examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West. It focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical analyses, which include: developing and amplifying the intersection of co... more »nsumption, citizenship and the state in late modernity in relation to a range of cities; the analysis of the concept of the global city as an ?aspirational? category for cities in Asia and the West; and case studies highlighting the intersection of consumption and the state. « less