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Cities in the International Marketplace
Paul Kantor, H. V. Savitch
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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Politische Soziologie
Beschreibung
Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? Cities in the International Marketplace looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring during the past thirty years. H. V. Savitch and Paul Kantor conclude that cities do have choices in city building and that they behave strategically in the international marketplace.
Rather than treating cities through case studies, this book undertakes rigorous systematic comparison. In doing so it provides an innovative theory that explains how city governments bargain in the capital investment process to assert their influence. The authors examine the role of economic conditions and intergovernmental politics as well as local democratic institutions and cultural values. They also show why cities vary in their approaches to urban development. They portray how cities are constrained by the dynamics of the global economy but are not its prisoners. Further, they explain why some urban communities have more maneuverability than do others in the economic development game. Local governance, culture, and planning can combine with economic fortune and national urban policies to provide resources that expand or contract the scope for choice. This clearly written book analyzes the political economy of development in Detroit, Houston, and New York in the United States; Toronto in Canada; Paris and Marseilles in France; Milan and Naples in Italy; and Glasgow and Liverpool in Great Britain.
Kundenbewertungen
Institution, Urban economics, Capitalism, Capital flight, City manager, Decentralization, Economics, International city, Subsidy, City, Urban sprawl, International relations, Political machine, City region (United Kingdom), Governance, Welfare, Urban renewal, Economic growth, City council, Private sector, Market power, Capital market, Chamber of commerce, World Trade Organization, Suburb, International Market Place, Urban theory, Public housing, Tax, Activism, Economic integration, Political capital, Central government, Urban planning, Local government, National Policy, Urbanism, Inward investment, Urban density, Metropolitan area, Venture capital, Urban hierarchy, Urban culture, Urban politics, Public participation, Bureaucrat, Political party, Politician, Economic capital, Political economy, Employment, Economic forces, Legislation, Business improvement district, Economic restructuring, Infrastructure, Central business district, Economic interventionism, Globalization, Urban Enterprise Zone, Public capital, International business, Economic development, Urbanization, Unemployment, Politics, Global city, Public expenditure, International financial institutions, The Image of the City