Cities in the international marketplace : the political economy of urban development in North America and Western Europe
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Cities in the international marketplace : the political economy of urban development in North America and Western Europe
Princeton University Press, c2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-424) and index
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Description
Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? This study looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring during the 30 years leading up to 2002. H.V. Savitch and Paul Kantor conclude that cities do have choices in city building and that they behave strategically in the international marketplace. Rather than treating cities through case studies, this book undertakes rigorous systematic comparison. In doing so it provides a theory that explains how city governments bargain in the capital investment process to assert their influence. The authors examine the role of economic conditions and intergovernmental and local politics. They also show why cities vary in their approaches to urban development. They portray how cities are constrained by the dynamics of the global economy but are not its prisoners. Further, they explain why some urban communities have more maneuverability than do others in the economic development game.
Local governance, culture and planning can
Table of Contents
List of Photographs ix List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter One: The Great Transformation and Local Choices 1 Chapter Two: Toward a Theory of Urban Development 29 Chapter Three: Ten Cities, Thirty Years 55 Chapter Four: Social- and Market-centered Strategies 101 Chapter Five: Driving and Steering Urban Strategy 149 Chapter Six: Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining 171 Chapter Seven: Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private 223 Chapter Eight: Are Cities Converging? 267 Chapter Nine: Strategies for the International Marketplace 313 Chapter Ten: Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind 346 Appendix: Sources and Notes for Figures and Tables 361 Source Notes 373 Glossary 391 Bibliography 395 Index 425
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