City power : urban governance in a global age / Richard Schragger.

By:

Schragger, Richard C [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xi, 322 pages ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780190246662 (hbk.)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: City powerDDC classification:

307.76 SCH.R 23 009871

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Table of contents

Contents:

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?

Summary: "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"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.76 SCH.R 009871 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		009871

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"--

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