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

by Paul Kantor and Hank V. Savitch

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691120145
• ISBN13: 9780691120140
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"