STRUGGLING GIANTS by Paul Kantor, Christian Lefevre ( 9780816677429 )

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STRUGGLING GIANTS
CITY-REGION GOVERNANCE IN LONDON, NEW YORK, PARIS, AND TOKYO

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ISBN 10:

0816677425

ISBN 13:

9780816677429

Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS

Pub. date:

15 July, 2012

Series:

Globalization and Community

Pages:

344

Description:

The struggle for governability in the world's four leading global city-regions

Synopsis:

Throughout the past thirty years a small number of city-regions have achieved unprecedented global status in the world economy while undergoing radical changes. Struggling Giants examines the transformation of four of the most significant metropolises: London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. This volume analyzes the thorniest issues these sprawling city-regions have faced, including ameliorating social problems through public policies, the effect of globalization on local governance, and the relationships between local, regional, and national institutions.Three critical themes frame Struggling Giants. The first is the continuing struggle for governability in the midst of regional governmental fragmentation. The second theme is how the city-regions fight to manage powerful political biases. Policy-making is often selective, the authors find, and governments are more responsive to economic exigencies than to social or environmental needs. Finally, these city-regions are shown to be strong economic leaders in part because they are able to change--although the authors reveal that pragmatism and piecemeal policy solutions can still prevail.

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University of Minnesota Press

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