Ceaselessly inventive and frequently provocative, New Urban Worlds anticipates new models, methods, and modes of urbanism. Paying attention to the details, AbdouMaliq Simone and Edgar Pieterse recount a multiplicity of urban stories from Asia and Africa stories of political possibility and experimental potential with a keen-eyed and always-creative purpose. Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia Deeply conceptual and ... Read morecreatively pragmatic, this is a core text from two of the most significant voices in urban studies today. At a time when international urban policy is being rethought, this is a pertinent and timely intervention which should change how cities in Africa and Asia are approached by scholars and practitioners alike. They offer a highly original re-theorisation of the urban, based on decades of research and practical engagement in cities across Africa and Asia, but also open up distinctive new horizons for urban scholars everywhere seeking to catch the dynamic, varied meanings and effects of the urban. Jennifer Robinson, University College London Show Less