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Worlding a city: twinning and urban theory

Jayne, Mark, Hubbard, Philip, Bell, David (2011) Worlding a city: twinning and urban theory. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 15 (1). pp. 25-41. ISSN 1360-4813. (doi:10.1080/13604813.2010.511859) (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:36663)

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Abstract

Twinning is a practice that creates formal and informal political, economic, social and cultural relationships between cities throughout the world. Despite its prevalence there has been relatively little academic attention paid to twinning. Indeed, where writers have considered city twinning they have tended to describe local institutional structures and programmes of events rather than theorising the importance of twinning as a global practice. Although producing a detailed picture of current twinning arrangements, existing research has thus glossed over the wider significance of twinning. In this paper, we argue that there is much to be gained from a more focused and sustained theoretical engagement with twinning. We do this by highlighting the twinning activities of the city of Manchester (UK), drawing out two key dimensions of twinning, namely, hospitality and relationality, which reveal twinning as a symptomatic urban process. In doing so we signpost the important contribution that research into twinning can make to broader debates within urban theory.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/13604813.2010.511859
Uncontrolled keywords: Globalisation, Hospitality, Relationality, Twinning, Urban theory
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 12:52 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:13 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36663 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Hubbard, Philip.

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