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- Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economics Restructuring in Comparative Perspective
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this volume compare urban development in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring. The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming cities from industrial concentrations to postindustrial service centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are heavily involved in the restructuring process.
Contributors: Pierre Clavel, Susan Fainstein, Richard Child Hill, Nancy Kleniewski, Harvey L. Molotch, Michael Parkinson, Edmond Preteceille, Saskia Sassen, H. V. Savitch, John Walton, and the editors.
In the series Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development, edited by John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom.
Table of Contents
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- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. Urban Policy: National and International
- Part III. The Limits and Possibilities of Local Policy
- 7. Urban Deals in Comparative Perspective
- pp. 175-198
- Part IV. Reflections
- 9. Beyond the City Limits: A Commentary
- pp. 237-242
- About the Contributors
- pp. 261-263
- Subject Index
- pp. 264-270
- Author Index
- pp. 271-275
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439901632
Related ISBN(s)
9780877227335, 9780877229445
MARC Record
OCLC
369177608
Pages
275
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No