Governing megacities in emerging countries

1. Introduction : the institutions of the urban fabric / Dominique Lorrain -- 2. Governing Shanghai : modernising a local state / Dominique Lorrain -- 3. 'Transforming Mumbai' or the challenge of forging a collective actor / Marie-Helene Zerah -- 4. Governing Cape Town : the exhaustion of a negotiated transition / Alain Dubresson and Sylvy Jaglin -- 5. Santiago de Chile. Prototype of the neo-liberal city : between a strong state and privatised public services / Geraldine Pflieger -- 6. Governing under constraints : strategy and inherited realities / Dominique Lorrain, Alain Dubresson and Sylvy Jaglin.