Cities in the International Marketplace : : The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe / / H. V. Savitch, Paul Kantor.

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 Europ...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Photographs
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. The Great Transformation and Local Choices
  • Chapter Two. Toward a Theory of Urban Development
  • Chapter Three. Ten Cities, Thirty Years
  • Chapter Four. Social- and Market-Centered Strategies
  • Chapter Five. Driving and Steering Urban Strategy
  • Chapter Six. Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining
  • Chapter Seven. Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private
  • Chapter Eight. Are Cities Converging?
  • Chapter Nine. Strategies for the International Marketplace
  • Chapter Ten. Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind
  • Appendix Tables and Figures Sources and Notes
  • Author-Source Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index