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Article: Testing the global city-social polarisation thesis: Hong Kong since the 1990s
Title | Testing the global city-social polarisation thesis: Hong Kong since the 1990s |
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Issue Date | 2004 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ |
Citation | Urban Studies, 2004, v. 41 n. 10, p. 1863-1888 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The literature on the development of global cities suggests that Hong Kong had qualified as a global city by the early 1990s. Using data from the Population Censuses, this paper documents the extent to which the process of social polarisation accompanied Hong Kong's globalisation. As predicted by the global city literature, Hong Kong experienced during the 1990s a process of occupational polarisation and widening income inequality as a result of its transformation from an industrial colony to a producer service-driven global city. The paper outlines the gender dimension in this polarisation process, and how the forces of migration contributed to the reshaping of the social structure so that it now resembles an 'hour-glass'. The findings largely support Sassen's hypotheses regarding the social consequences of global city development, but the paper also highlights the effect of local institutional contexts in mediating the impact of global forces. © 2004 The Editors of Urban Studies. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172351 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.806 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chiu, SWK | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lui, TL | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:21:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:21:56Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Urban Studies, 2004, v. 41 n. 10, p. 1863-1888 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0042-0980 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/172351 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The literature on the development of global cities suggests that Hong Kong had qualified as a global city by the early 1990s. Using data from the Population Censuses, this paper documents the extent to which the process of social polarisation accompanied Hong Kong's globalisation. As predicted by the global city literature, Hong Kong experienced during the 1990s a process of occupational polarisation and widening income inequality as a result of its transformation from an industrial colony to a producer service-driven global city. The paper outlines the gender dimension in this polarisation process, and how the forces of migration contributed to the reshaping of the social structure so that it now resembles an 'hour-glass'. The findings largely support Sassen's hypotheses regarding the social consequences of global city development, but the paper also highlights the effect of local institutional contexts in mediating the impact of global forces. © 2004 The Editors of Urban Studies. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Urban Studies | en_US |
dc.title | Testing the global city-social polarisation thesis: Hong Kong since the 1990s | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lui, TL: tloklui@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lui, TL=rp00868 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/0042098042000256297 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-5644270184 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-5644270184&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 1863 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 1888 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000223936900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Chiu, SWK=7202291604 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lui, TL=35844286800 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0042-0980 | - |