Struggling giants : city-region governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo

Author(s)

• Kantor, Paul
• Lefèvre, Christian
• Saito, Asato
• Savitch, H. V.
• Thornley, Andy

Bibliographic Information

Struggling giants : city-region governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo

Paul Kantor ... [et al.]

（Globalization and community, v. 20）

University of Minnesota Press, c2012

• : hc

Other Title

Struggling giants : city-region governance in London New York Paris and Tokyo

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hc ISBN 9780816677429

Description

Throughout the past thirty years a small number of city-regions have achieved unprecedented global status in the world economy while undergoing radical changes. Struggling Giants examines the transformation of four of the most significant metropolises: London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. This volume analyzes the thorniest issues these sprawling city-regions have faced, including ameliorating social problems through public policies, the effect of globalization on local governance, and the relationships between local, regional, and national institutions.Three critical themes frame Struggling Giants. The first is the continuing struggle for governability in the midst of regional governmental fragmentation. The second theme is how the city-regions fight to manage powerful political biases. Policy-making is often selective, the authors find, and governments are more responsive to economic exigencies than to social or environmental needs. Finally, these city-regions are shown to be strong economic leaders in part because they are able to change-although the authors reveal that pragmatism and piecemeal policy solutions can still prevail.

Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Governable Giants? 1. Four Global City-Regions: A Profile Part I. The Greater London Region 2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation 3. Strong Metropolitan Leadership Part II. The New York Tri-State Region 4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses 5. Managed Pluralism Part III. Paris-Ile de France 6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory 7. Unregulated Competitive Decentralization Part IV. The Tokyo City-Region 8. New Challenges, Old Governance 9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State 10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-Regions Conclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable? Notes Bibliography Index

Volume

ISBN 9780816677436

Description

Throughout the past thirty years a small number of city-regions have achieved unprecedented global status in the world economy while undergoing radical changes. Struggling Giants examines the transformation of four of the most significant metropolises: London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. This volume analyzes the thorniest issues these sprawling city-regions have faced, including ameliorating social problems through public policies, the effect of globalization on local governance, and the relationships between local, regional, and national institutions. Three critical themes frame Struggling Giants. The first is the continuing struggle for governability in the midst of regional governmental fragmentation. The second theme is how the city-regions fight to manage powerful political biases. Policy-making is often selective, the authors find, and governments are more responsive to economic exigencies than to social or environmental needs. Finally, these city-regions are shown to be strong economic leaders in part because they are able to change-although the authors reveal that pragmatism and piecemeal policy solutions can still prevail.

Table of Contents

Contents Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Governable Giants? 1. Four Global City-Regions: A Profile Part I. The Greater London Region 2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation 3. Strong Metropolitan Leadership Part II. The New York Tri-State Region 4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses 5. Managed Pluralism Part III. Paris-Ile de France 6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory 7. Unregulated Competitive Decentralization Part IV. The Tokyo City-Region 8. New Challenges, Old Governance 9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State 10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-Regions Conclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable? Notes Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB10051654
• ISBN:
  • 9780816677436
  • 9780816677429
• LCCN: 2011040356
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Minneapolis ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 332 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JS78
  • DC23 : 320.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Metropolitan government
  • LCSH : Globalization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA36870121