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Beyond the City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Restructuring in Comparative Perspective

By Todd Swanstrom , John R. Logan

Book information

Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
0877227330, 9780877227335
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26500796 bytes)
Series
Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development
Pages
276\290
Time added
2015-02-06 13:18:50

Description

This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this volume compare urban development in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring. The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming cities from industrial concentrations to postindustrial service centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are heavily involved in the restructuring process.

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