Cities in the International Marketplace : The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe

Princeton, Princeton University Press, (2002). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xxii,445 pp.. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The Great Transformation and Local Choices; Toward a Theory of Urban Development; Ten Cities, Thirty Years; Social- and Market-centered Strategies; Driving and Steering Urban Strategy; Dirigiste and Entrepreneurial Bargaining; Dependent Bargaining: Public and Private; Are Cities Converging?; Strategies for the International Marketplace; Conclusions: Cities Need Not Be Leaves in the Wind. ["Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? Cities in the International Marketplace 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 past thirty years. 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 an innovative 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 politics as well as local democratic institutions and cultural values. 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...." - Publisher's description].

Savitch, H. V.; & Kantor, Paul - Cities in the International Marketplace : The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe