http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/is-a-world-class-city-code-for-an-upper-class-city/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/is-a-world-class-city-code-for-an-upper-class-city/#comment-1571 Be Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:52:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15304#comment-1571 one could also suggest that it's code for a safe city where residents don't shoot each other as often as they do in DC. or maybe it's code for a place where most of the children graduate high school with a decent education. or maybe it's not code at all.  one could also suggest that it’s code for a safe city where residents don’t shoot each other as often as they do in DC. or maybe it’s code for a place where most of the children graduate high school with a decent education. or maybe it’s not code at all. 

]]> http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/is-a-world-class-city-code-for-an-upper-class-city/#comment-1563 Blair Ruble Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:14:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=15304#comment-1563 There is a genuinely interesting discussion by David McDonald of what "World City" or "World Class City" means in the context of gentfrification.  He looks at Cape Town and, alas, one could substitute DC for CT in too many places.  For those interested in the coding of "world-class city" be sure to check out David McDonald, "World City Syndrome. Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town published by Routledge in 2008. There is a genuinely interesting discussion by David McDonald of what “World City” or “World Class City” means in the context of gentfrification.  He looks at Cape Town and, alas, one could substitute DC for CT in too many places.  For those interested in the coding of “world-class city” be sure to check out David McDonald, “World City Syndrome. Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town published by Routledge in 2008.

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