The urban growth machine : critical perspectives two decades later

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    • Jonas, Andrew E. G.
    • Association of American Geographers. Meeting (92nd : 1996 : Charlotte, N.C.)

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The urban growth machine : critical perspectives two decades later

edited by Andrew E.G. Jonas and David Wilson

（SUNY series in urban public policy）

State University of New York Press, c1999

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Chiefly essays presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Charlotte, N.C. in 1996

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-296) and index

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内容説明

Harvey Molotch's "city as a growth machine" thesis is one of the most influential approaches to the analysis of urban politics and local economic development in the United States. However, the nature and context of urban politics have changed considerably since the growth machine thesis was first proposed more than twenty years ago, and recent attempts to apply it to settings outside the U.S. have revealed conceptual and empirical limitations. This book offers a unique critical assessment of the contribution of the growth machine thesis to research in urban political economy. Written from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, it brings together leading urban studies scholars. These contributors explore three organizing themes: urban growth, discourse and ideology; new dimensions of urban politics; and the growth machine in comparative perspective. These themes not only provide the focus for the critical examinations of the growth machine thesis, but also offer exciting new ways of thinking about and researching urban politics and local economic development. As Harvey Molotch himself notes in this book's concluding chapter, "The growth machine idea makes a substantive argument about the empirical substance of U.S. urban regimes. It asserts that virtually every city (and state) government is a growth machine and long has been. It asserts that this puts localities in chronic competition with one another in ways that harm the vast majority of their citizens as well as their environments. It anticipates an ideological structure that naturalizes growth goals as a background assumption of civic life. In a social science realm where successful empirical generalizations have been few, the growth machine idea robustly and usefully describes reality." Contributors include Thabit Abu-Rass, Keith Bassett, Mark Boyle, Allan Cochrane, Kevin R. Cox, Kyle Crowder, Melissa R. Gilbert, Bob Jessop, Andrew Kirby, Mickey Lauria, Helga Leitner, John R. Logan, Harvey Molotch, Jamie Peck, Stephanie Pincetl, Eric Sheppard, John Rennie Short, Adam Tickell, Rachel Bridges Whaley, and Andrew Wood.

目次

Tables and Figures Preface INTRODUCTION 1. The City as a Growth Machine: Critical Reflections Two Decades Later Andrew E. G. Jonas and David Wilson PART 1. URBAN GROWTH: IDEOLOGY AND DISCOURSE 2. Ideology and the Growth Coalition Kevin R. Cox 3. Urban Imagineers: Boosterism and the Representation of Cities John Rennie Short 4. Growth Machines and Propaganda Projects: A Review of Readings of the Role of Civic Boosterism in the Politics of Local Economic Development Mark Boyle PART 2. NEW DIMENSIONS OF URBAN POLITICS 5. The Character and Consequences of Growth Regimes: An Assessment of Twenty Years of Research John R. Logan, Rachel Bridges Whaley, and Kyle Crowder 6. Place, Politics, and the Production of Urban Space: A Feminist Critique of the Growth Machine Thesis Melissa R. Gilbert 7. Redefining Urban Politics for the Twenty-First Century Allan Cochrane 8. Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory: Regulation Theory and Institutional Arrangements Mickey Lauria 9. Retooling the Machine: Economic Crisis, State Restructuring, and Urban Politics Bob Jessop, Jamie Peck, and Adam Tickell PART 3. THE GROWTH MACHINE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 10. Organizing for Local Economic Development: The Growth Coalition as a Cross-National Comparative Framework Andrew Wood 11. Growth Coalitions in Britain's Waning Sunbelt: Some Reflections Keith Bassett 12. The Politics of Influence: Democracy and the Growth Machine in Orange County, U.S. Stephanie Pincetl 13. Employing the Growth Machine Heuristic in a Different Political and Economic Context: The Case of Israel Andrew Kirby and Thabit Abu-Rass 14. Transcending Interurban Competition: Conceptual Issues and Policy Alternatives in the European Union Helga Leitner and Eric Sheppard CONCLUSION 15. Growth Machine Links: Up, Down, and Across Harvey Molotch References Biographical Notes Index

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