Going global, veiling the poor global city imaginaries in Metro Manila

This article examines neoliberal modes of urban governance and revanchist urbanism in Metro Manila. Making Manila attractive to foreign capital, international tourism, and the new urban middle classes, as well as presenting it as a symbol of the state's attempt to transform the Philippines into...

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Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 58, no. 3 (2010), 383-406
Main Author: Michel, Boris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
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