City of revolution : restructuring Manchester
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City of revolution : restructuring Manchester
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, c2002
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 10 libraries
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Includes bibliography and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780719058875
Description
Provides a critical account of one of Europe's most celebrated examples of urban transformation, getting beneath the hype to ask what has really changed in the 'new' Manchester.. The first comprehensive account of contemporary political and economic change in Manchester.. Explores the costs and consequences of making the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial or 'entrepreneurial' city, with broad implications for other major cities. -- .
Table of Contents
- Placing Manchester, Jamie Peck & Kevin Ward
- Global Manchester: from globaliser to globalised, Peter Dicken
- Mancunian ways: politics of regeneration, Brian Robson
- Economic transitions: restructuring local labour markets, Benito Giordano & Laura Twomey
- Entrepreneurial turns: municipal socialism and after, Steve Quilley
- Olympic dreams: visions of partnership, Allan Cochrane, Jamie Peck & Adam Tickell
- Metropolitan manoeuvres: making Greater Manchester, Iain Deas & Kevin Ward
- Bomb sites: politics of opportunity, Adam Holden
- City building: redevelopment in Manchester, Gwyndaf Williams
- Regional tensions: constructing institutional cohesion?, Martin Jones & Gordon McLeod
- Poor Manchester - old problems and new deals, Dean Herd & Terry Patterson
- Hypocritical city: cycles of urban exclusion, Rosemary Mellor.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780719058882
Description
Provides a critical account of one of Europe's most celebrated examples of urban transformation, getting beneath the hype to ask what has really changed in the 'new' Manchester.. The first comprehensive account of contemporary political and economic change in Manchester.. Explores the costs and consequences of making the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial or 'entrepreneurial' city, with broad implications for other major cities. -- .
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Placing Manchester - Jamie Peck and Kevin Ward
2. Global Manchester: From globaliser to globalised - Peter Dicken
3. Macunian ways: Politics of regeneration - Brian Robson
4. Economic transitions: Restructuring local labour markets - Benito Giordano and Laura Twomey
5. Entrepreneurial turns: Municipal socialism and after - Steve Quilley
6. Olympic dreams: Visions of partnership - Allan Cochrane, Jamie Peck and Adam Tickell
7. Metropolitan manoeuvres: Making Greater Manchester - Iain Deas and Kevin Ward
8. Bomb sites: Politics of opportunity - Adam Holden
9. City building: Redevelopment in Manchester - Gwyndaf Williams
10. Regional tensions: Constructing institutional cohesion? - Martin Jones and Gordon Macleod
11. Poor Manchester: Old problems and new deals - Dean Herd and Terry Patterson
12. Hypocritical city: Cycles of urban exclusion - Rosemary Mellor
Bibliography -- .
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