Migration, Urbanity and Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World: An Introduction

Abstract

Globalization and migration have generated acute and often contradictory changes: they have increased social diversity while inducing global homogenization; they have sharpened differentiation of spaces and statuses while accelerating and amplifying communication and circulations; they have induced more complex social stratification while enriching individual and collective identities. These changes happen to be strikingly visible in cities. Urban contexts, indeed, offer privileged sites of inquiry to understanding the social dynamics of globalization, informal belonging and local citizenships, transient and multi-layered identities, symbolic orders and exclusionary practices. But cities are also material sites and they create multisensorial scapes that shape experiences of globalization and social change. They operate through multiple scales, connecting horizontal extensions and vertical layers of the city with generic, landmark, interstitial and neglected places. Far from being mere contexts, cities are both changing and being changed by migration and globalization.

Factors Influencing Real Estate Purchasing in Dubai

“…Additionally, economy specialists have provided that fostering demand for RE purchasing can play a substantial part in raising the UAE economy's non-oil GDP due to the RE industry being one of four major contributors to the Dubai economy (Central Bank, 2020;Dubai Land Department, 2022;Lejeune et al, 2021).…”

“…The significance of the research problem becomes noticeable when comparing the number of rented-out residential properties of 405,000 lease contracts according to the Dubai Land Department (2022) and the number of households in Dubai of 598,870 families (Dubai Statistics Center, 2020). Some interesting initial search findings that may be contrary to this prevailing condition are first, Dubai's real estate (RE) market has proven to be one of the fastest growing and highest yielding RE investments in the Middle East region as of 2022 (Dubai Land Department, 2020; "Dubai real estate", 2022; Lejeune et al, 2021). Also, it is worth mentioning that the real estate markets globally have witnessed several fluctuations in demand during the last decade due to several global economic recessions, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and other unpredicted events, however, the demand for purchasing Dubai properties remained steady (Abbas, 2018a;Fattah et al, 2022& Turak, 2023.…”

Présences congolaises (RDC) à Nairobi : produire la ville cosmopolite(s) par le bas

“…Le « cosmopolitisme » est alors défini comme le résultat de cultures hybrides, nourri par cette mobilité accrue. Ce concept a été vivement critiqué du fait de son caractère idéologique et élitiste (Lejeune et al 2021). En effet, dans cette acception restrictive, le cosmopolite devenait un citoyen du monde, individu connecté et rompu à un mode de vie globalisé s'opposant à un mode de vie qualifié de « local ».…”

“…Elle lui propose du travail dans un commerce de cosmétiques qu'elle souhaite Les dynamiques d'insertion urbaine de la diaspora congolaise à Nairobi favorisent l'établissement de nouvelles cultures urbaines cosmopolites. Néanmoins, cette insertion urbaine se singularise à l'aune des hiérarchies sociales de race, de genre et de classe(Lejeune et al 2021). Si les hommes sont bien visibles dans l'espace public, ce n'est pas le cas des femmes, d'autant plus quand il s'agit de femmes migrantes.…”

“…Présences congolaises (RDC) à Nairobi : produire la ville cosmopolite(s) par ... Les Cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est / The East African Review, 58 | 2023 cosmopolite(Rinaudo et Hily 2003). Cet archétype représente la tension de la vie urbaine oscillant entre distance et proximité, entre inclusion et exclusion, entre conflit et coopération(Lejeune et al 2021). L'établissement d'un « cosmopolitisme par le bas » par les citadins de Nairobi incarne cette tension.…”