Subject(s): Cities and towns: case studies -- Globalization -- Internationalist -- Global Politics -- Global politics -- City regions between their legacies an the global context : South Africa, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Shanghai -- Global city -- Megacity of a poor country -- Metropolis of an elite society -- Politics of transformation -- Formal and structures of power in Mumbai -- Legitimating power structures -- Contested future: discourses and image in city region -- Governance in post-apartheid Johannesburg -- Post-colonial metropolis -- Comments by senior officers -- Challenges ahead for the southern contenders