Capitalist City: Global Restructuring and Community Politics - Hardcover

Smith, Michael Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631151826 ISBN 13: 9780631151821

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997

Synopsis

The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities -- a world command citiesa such as New York, London and Tokyo; a specialized command citiesa which concentrate on particular industries, such as Detroit; a state command citiesa such as Washington and Brasilia; and so on. These cities, linked by an organizational web of transnational corporations, are the pins holding the capitalist world economy together in the new international division of labour. In The Capitalist City a group of eminent scholars analyzes the intricate relationships among cities, state policies and urban politics at a time of economic restructuring at global, national and local levels to provide an original and timely contribution to one of the most important areas of political and social science.

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The Capitalist City The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities -- a world command citiesa such as New York, London and Tokyo; a specialized command citiesa which concentrate on particular industries, such as Detroit; a state command citiesa such as Washington and Brasilia; and so on. Full description

About the Author:

Michael Peter Smith is author of The City and Social Theory (1980) and City, State and Market. Joe R. Feagin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of The Urban Real Estate Game (1983).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0631151826
• ISBN 13: 9780631151821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 399