Introduction
Constructing difference : western versus non-western, capitalist versus socialist urban logic
"he that hath to him shall be given" : inequalities of housing privatization
Inner city doubly renewed : global phenomenon, local accents
Assembling the square : social transformation in public space and the broken mirage of the second economy
Globalizing art and consumption : art movies and shopping malls
Urban texture unraveling : fragmentation of the city
Conclusion.