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Beyond City Limits: Urban Policy and Economic Reconstructuring in Comparative Perspective (Conflicts In Urban & Regional Development)

By John Logan , Todd Swanstrom

Book information

Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
0877229449, 9780877229445, 0877227330, 9780877227335
LCC
HT321 .B49 1990
Open Library ID
OL1858348M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10214974 bytes)
Pages
290\290
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

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 post industrial service centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are heavily involved in the restructuring process. John R. Logan is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany. Todd Swanstrom is Associate Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Albany and the author of "The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism (Temple)".

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