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Cities in the International Marketplace : The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Savitch, H. V.
Autres auteurs: Kantor, Paul, 1942-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2002.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • The Great Transformation and Local Choices
  • Toward a Theory of Urban Development
  • Ten Cities, Thirty Years
  • Social- and Market-centered Strategies
  • Driving and Steering Urban Strategy
  • Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining
  • Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private
  • Are Cities Converging?
  • Strategies for the International Marketplace
  • Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind.