Keys to the City : : How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development / / Michael Storper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Storper, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 9 line illus.

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic geographers, looks at why we should consider economic development issues within a regional context--at the level of the city-region--and why city economies develop unequally. Storper identifies four contexts that shape urban economic development: economic, institutional, innovational and interactional, and political. The book explores how these contexts operate and how they interact, leading to developmental success in some regions and failure in others. Demonstrating that the global economy is increasingly driven by its major cities, the keys to the city are the keys to global development. In his conclusion, Storper specifies eight rules of economic development targeted at policymakers. Keys to the City explains why economists, sociologists, and political scientists should take geography seriously.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction. Cities and Regions in the Twenty-First Century: Why Do They Develop and Change? -- Part I. The Economic Context of City and Regional Development -- 2. Workshops of the World Economy: People, Jobs, and Places -- 3. The Motor of Urban Economies: Specialization -- 4. Disruptive Innovation: Geography and Economics -- 5. Cities and Individuals: How We Shape Cities, But Not the Way We Want To -- Part II. The Institutional Context of Cities and Regions -- 6. Winner and Loser Regions: The "Where" of Development -- 7. Communities and the Economy -- 8. Robust Action: Society, Community, and Development -- Part III. Social Interaction and Urban Economies -- 9. Technology, Globalization, and Local Interaction -- 10. Local Context: The Genius of Cities -- 11. Face-to- Face Contact -- Part IV. The Political Context of City and Regional Development -- 12. Exit or Voice? Politics, Societies, and City-Systems -- 13. Justice, Efficiency, and Cities: Should Regions Help One Another? -- Conclusion. Dear Policymaker: Some Keys for You -- Notes -- References -- Index