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Twin Cities: Territorial and Relational Geographies of 'Worldly' Manchester

Jayne, Mark, Hubbard, Philip, Bell, David (2013) Twin Cities: Territorial and Relational Geographies of 'Worldly' Manchester. Urban Studies, 50 (2). pp. 239-254. ISSN 0042-0980. (doi:10.1177/0042098012450480) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36657)

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Abstract

This paper contributes to recent interest in city twinning by urban theorists. It begins with a review of writing from across the social sciences which describes the institutional context and content of twinning programmes, as well as work which theorises how care and hospitality are key elements of twinning practices. Ethnographic research is then presented from the City of Manchester (UK) in order to consider the ways in which twinning is constituted through circuits, networks and webs of co-operation and competition involved in the transfer of policy and knowledge which can be strategic, uneven and at times ambivalent. In doing so, it is argued that the conflicts, tensions and contradictions bound up with twinning have much to offer theoretical and empirical understanding of territorial and relational urban politics. The paper concludes with theoretical, methodological and policy relevant insights. © 2012 Urban Studies Journal Limited.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0042098012450480
Uncontrolled keywords: empirical analysis, literature review, territoriality, theoretical study, urban policy, urban politics, England, Manchester [England], United Kingdom
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Mita Mondal
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2013 11:08 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36657 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Hubbard, Philip.

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