![]() ![]() In such a conceptual context, we tease out the main contours of three forms of global cities - hyper global cities emerging global cities and global city-states - in emphasizing the need to consider differential and dynamic developmental pathways. ![]() Consequently there remain many unanswered questions about how global cities have 'come into being', and what is the role of the state in intentionally devising pathways to global city formation. ![]() Moreover, this is a discourse that focuses relatively too much upon (a) the characteristics of global/world cities and (b) the processes creating global/world cities versus (b) and (c) governance issues and implications. This is a discourse that is overly dependent upon a theoretically globalist perspective derived out of limited empirical studies. The main aim of this paper is to offer a constructive critique of the dominant (indeed hegemonic) global city/world city discourse. Please refer to the published version when quoting the paper.Ī View from the Developmental City-State of Singapore ![]()
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