Nicolas Maisetti
Marseille, City of the World. The Internationalization of a Fragmented Metropolis.
Karthala, 2017, 316 p.
In a context of intensifying international competition between territories, cities are vying with each other to develop strategies to increase their influence and improve their attractiveness. Marseille is no exception to this rule. This book analyzes the international policies aimed at promoting a new image of Marseille as a welcoming city for investors, tourists, and organizers of cultural and sporting events.
What aspects of Marseille are being promoted to project the city and its territory beyond local and national borders? What links is the municipality forging with its foreign counterparts? How does the Region promote its interests in Brussels and secure European funding? What is at stake in hosting a World Bank branch in Marseille? What are the effects of bidding for an international event on the restructuring of urban powers?
The book answers these questions and analyzes the conditions for the internationalization of Marseille, a fragmented metropolis.
Nicolas Maisetti is a contract researcher at the Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés (LATTS), where he works on issues of urban production and local public action. He is the author of
Opération culturelle et pouvoirs urbains (L’Harmattan, 2014), a book about Marseille-Provence European Capital of Culture 2013.