World Cities and the Uneven Geographies of Financialization: Unveiling Stratification and Hierarchy in the World City Archipelago

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-81

  Van Meeteren, Michiel ^a   Bassens, David ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

critical realism; Eurobonds; financialization; global cities; sociospatial relations; TSPN; world cities

Indexed keywords

CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; FINANCE; GLOBALIZATION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84987788554     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12344     Document Type: Article

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