Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic Transformation of Accra, Ghana

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Contents Figur es | vii M a ps | ix ta bles | xi ack nOw ledgMents | xiii a bbr ev i atiOns | xvii 1. Introduction Globalizing City | 1 2. Globalizing from Above Foreign Companies and Corporate Spaces | 18 3. Globalizing Residential Spaces The Spread of Gated Communities | 42 4. Globalizing from Above and in Between The Residential Building Boom | 66 5. In-Between Globalizing Returnees’ Networks and Spaces | 90 6. Globalizing from Below Slum Dwellers in a Globalizing City | 111 7. Conclusions | 136 a ppendix | 157 wOr k s cited | 163 index | 177 ...