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Informationen zum Autor Helmut K. Anheier, PhD, is President and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, and holds a chair of sociology at Heidelberg University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, was a senior researcher at John Hopkins School of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at LSE, the Center for Civil Society at UCLA, and the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations. He is author of over 400 publications, and won various international prizes and recognitions for his scholarship. Amongst his recent book publications are Nonprofit Organizations - Theory, Management, Policy (London: Routledge, 2014), A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations with David Hammack (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2013) and The Global Studies Encyclopedia with Mark Juergensmeyer (5 vols, Sage, 2012). He is the principal academic lead of the Hertie School´s annual Governance Report (Oxford University Press, 2013-), and currently working on projects relating to indicator research, social innovation, and success and failure in philanthropy. Yudhishthir Raj Isar is an independent analyst, advisor and public speaker who straddles different worlds of cultural theory, experience and practice. He is Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at The American University of Paris and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney. He has also been maître de conference at Sciences Po, Paris. Professor Isar is co-editor of the Cultures and Globalization Series (SAGE). He is a trustee of civil society cultural organisations and consultant to international organisations and foundations and Past President of Culture Action Europe. Earlier, at UNESCO, where he served from 1973 to 2002, he was notably Executive Secretary of the World Commission on Culture and Development and Director of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture. Klappentext The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series, this volume explores a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning. Zusammenfassung The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series! this volume explores a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies! creativity! migration! diversity! sustainability! education and urban planning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword - Saskia Sassen Introduction - Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Michael Hoelscher and Helmut K. Anheier PART ONE: METROPOLITAN CULTURAL POLITICS, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE Overarching Issues Cities as Geopolitical Spaces for the Global Governance of Culture - Katharine Sarikakis Communication Networks, Cities and the Informal Economies - Ramon Lobato Challenges of Governance in Multi-Ethnic Cities - Phil Wood Cities and Universities: A Virtual Cultural Policy Nexus - Dragan Klaic Cities, Culture and Sustainable Development - Nancy Duxbury, Catherine Cullen and Jordi Pascual City Branding - Lily Kong Competing Cities and Spectacularizing Urban Landscapes - Davide Ponzini The Creative Cities Discourse: Production and/or Consumption? - Stuart Cunningham The Creative City: Compelling and Contentious - Charles Landry City Experiences The Production of Culture: Abu Dhabi¿s Urban Strategies - Yasser Elsheshtawy Amsterdam: A Multi-Cultural Capital of Culture - Simin Davoudi and Wil Zonneveld Creative City, City Marketing, Creative Industries and Cultural ...
