InhaltsangabeTheoretical framework. 1. Global and local forces in cities undergoing political change, R. Schneider-Sliwa. Geographical contexts. 2. Berlin: Coping with the past - looking ahead, K. Lenz. 3. The political geography of an eternal city: Ethno-territorial fragmentation in a 'united' Jerusalem, D. Newman. 4. Power transferred. Hong Kong: China's global city, W. Breitung. 5. Sarajevo: Isolation in a country falling apart, D. Simko. Ideology collapsed. 6. Moscow: Capital of a decimated world power, J. Stadelbauer. 7. St. Petersburg: Kiosks as mediators of the new market economy, A. Papadopoulos and K. Axenov. 8. Johannesburg: Life after Apartheid, J. Bahr and U. Jurgens. Horizons expanded. 9. New perspectives for Vienna: Repositioning between East and West, A. Kampschulte. 10. Brussels: Pseudo-capital of Europe. Perspectives of Belgium's global city in-the-making, A. Papadopoulos. Development handicapped. 11. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City: The long struggle of two cities / Recovering from endless war, R. Marr. Synopsis. 12. Global change and local reality, R. Schneider-Sliwa. The authors.