Cities are increasingly competing with one another to rebrand themselves ascosmopolitan in order to attract investment and tourism. Urban spacesassociated with ... » 

Cities are increasingly competing with one another to rebrand themselves ascosmopolitan in order to attract investment and tourism. Urban spacesassociated with cultural difference such as Chinatowns and gay villages havebecome core to many cities attempts to market themselves as global cities.Central to this process is how traditionally marginalised groups in the cityhave become revalued and reconstructed as a resource in the eyes of plannersand politicians.Cosmopolitan Urbanism examines the politics of these transformations byunderstanding the everyday practices of cosmopolitanism by drawing together theworks of leading urban scholars. Which forms of cultural difference are valuedand which are excluded from this revisioning of the contemporary city?This accessible book is groundbreaking in examining the complex politics ofcosmopolitanism in accessible empirical case studies. These range fromMontreal to Singapore London to Texas Auckland to Amsterdam. The groundednature of the discussion of cosmopolitanism makes Cosmopolitan Urbanism anaccessible student guide to debates on the subject. «