This literature has traditionally described the global positioning of world cities with regards to their significance within structural changes in the world economy. Many recent studies on urban relations have been directed at exploring the concept of 'world cities', with this term being used to denote the significance of cities engaging in transfers of information, people and goods in a globalizing political economy. In this sense it sees 'post-structuralist' accounts of world cities as bringing new insights into, rather than as opposing, political-economy approaches. It consequently aims to examine alternative ways in which these conceptions may be used to study the formation of inequality and conflict within urban landscapes. ![]() This article acknowledges the work of Richard Smith (2003), (forthcoming), in using Deleuzian thought and Actor Network Theory to depict world cities networks, and yet argues that these theories may do more to analyse the formation of power relations within such topologies than his ontology currently suggests. ![]() (A) Apparatus of Capture: The Use of Deleuzian Thought and Actor Network Theory to Conceptualise Urban Power Relations
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