When the center no longer holds: Cities as frontier zones

This viewpoint argues that today’s frontier zone – a strategic frontier zone for global corporate capital as much as for those who lack power – is located deep inside our large cities.

► The question of a bounded territory as a parameter for authority and rights has entered a new phase.
► The complex city is a new frontier zone for global corporate capital and for those who lack power.
► Cities are one of the key sites where new norms and new identities are made.