Doreen Massey joins with their related mainly to the example of London finishes in the now quite popular chorus that of the metropolis new type (the so-called global cities), a new sense of responsibility demands at the time of the apparent all-relationship of things and people to find a way to handle the immediate square of the city, that is to make ad hoc. In order to develop an appropriate approach asks Massey initially the role of London in the rise of neo-liberal economic system with the Thatcherism and then gradually moves on to the present. This they lit from different angles, examines the relationship of London to his region (and shows that the official version underlie numerous misperceptions, for example that the selective urban growth across the nation would benefit), the ratio of the wealthy sectors of the impoverished areas and finally to fight the national and regional inequality for an opportunity. This they said, are both founded on the objectives pursued by London in the wake of the rise of neoliberalism strategy of reinvention as the world's major city and the strong focus on the financial sector. This went hand in hand, that the government thinking mainly concentrated London and today's (economic) political horizon usually ends at its borders (while holding up a "residual areas" too great a dependence on the state is negative and we must competitive initiative to show its own position on the list of global cities to set). Even though the implementation has me in parts a little tired (as not just economic doting viewing) (especially the rather meticulous portrayal of the influence of the Thatcherite's policy), I still found the approach very interesting, because it shows that regional, urban and global quite impressive connect profitably understanding on the importance of global cities. In short, the book creates the one who should not be on the stand that it is phenomena is in globalization and its emblematic manifestation of the "world city" the inner structures and logics as well have as partly strong linkages to each other as well as feedback to each other, should be pleasant to logically pointed out with this book.
