Ariel C. Armony & Alejandro Portes 
The Global Edge [EPUB ebook] 
Miami in the Twenty-First Century

Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city.
The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful
City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a major international city. Written by two well-known scholars in the field, the book examines Miami’s rise as a finance and banking center and the simultaneous emergence of a highly diverse but contentious ethnic mosaic.
The Global Edge serves as a case study of Miami’s present cultural, economic, and political transformation, and describes how its future course can provide key lessons for other metropolitan areas throughout the world. 

Table of Content

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Prescript: In the Eye of the Storm, 1992


1. Introduction: A City in Flux

2. The Demography and Ecology of the City

3. Between Transience and Attachment

4. The Economic Surge

5. Crime and Victimization in Miami

6. A Bifurcated Enclave

7. Miami through Latin American Eyes

8. The Ethnic Mosaic and the Power Elite

9. Driving into the Flood


Postscript

Notes

References

Index

About the author

Alejandro Portes is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Princeton University, and Research Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. Portes is coauthor, with Alex Stepick, of City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami, winner of the Thomas and Znaniecki Award from the American Sociological Association, and the Anthony Leeds Award from the American Anthropological Association.Ariel C. Armony is Vice Provost for Global Affairs, Director of the University Center for International Studies, and Professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Department of Political Science, all at the University of Pittsburgh. Armony is the author of The Dubious Link: Civic Engagement and Democratization.