City power :
Schragger, Richard C.,
City power : urban governance in a global age / Richard Schragger. - xi, 322 pages ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: Cities, Capital, and Constitutions --
1. What is the City? --
2. Decentralization and Development --
3. Vertical Federalism: Making Weak Cities --
4. Horizontal Federalism: Encouraging Footloose Capital --
5. The City Redistributes I: Policy --
6. The City Redistributes II: Politics --
7. Urban Resurgence --
8. Urban Crisis --
Conclusion: Can Cities Govern?
"Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Schragger challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that cities can and should pursue aims other than making themselves attractive to global capital. Using the municipal living wage movement as an example, Schragger explains why cities are well-positioned to address issues like income equality and how our institutions can be designed to allow them to do so"--
9780190246662 (hbk.) US $ 29.95
2016009577
Municipal government--Economic aspects.
Municipal government--Social aspects.
Urban policy.
Income distribution--Government policy.
Living wage movement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Local.
307.76 SCH.R / 009871
City power : urban governance in a global age / Richard Schragger. - xi, 322 pages ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Introduction: Cities, Capital, and Constitutions --
1. What is the City? --
2. Decentralization and Development --
3. Vertical Federalism: Making Weak Cities --
4. Horizontal Federalism: Encouraging Footloose Capital --
5. The City Redistributes I: Policy --
6. The City Redistributes II: Politics --
7. Urban Resurgence --
8. Urban Crisis --
Conclusion: Can Cities Govern?
"Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Schragger challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that cities can and should pursue aims other than making themselves attractive to global capital. Using the municipal living wage movement as an example, Schragger explains why cities are well-positioned to address issues like income equality and how our institutions can be designed to allow them to do so"--
9780190246662 (hbk.) US $ 29.95
2016009577
Municipal government--Economic aspects.
Municipal government--Social aspects.
Urban policy.
Income distribution--Government policy.
Living wage movement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Local.
307.76 SCH.R / 009871