Edward G. Goetz, Susan E. Clarke

The New Localism

Comparative Urban Politics in a Global Era

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How have local economic conditions been affected by the emergence of a global economy? What changes, if any, have local political authorities made to counterbalance the new emphasis on world interests? Comprehensive and timely, this book answers these and other vital questions by exploring local political restructuring in the face of massive global economic change.

Produktdetails

• SAGE Focus Editions
• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9780803949225
• ISBN-10: 0803949227
• Artikelnr.: 37041383

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Susan E Clarke
The State Reassessed - Richard C Hula
The Privatization of Local Politics
Local Authorities and Economic Development in Britain - James Chandler
Birmingham - Brian Jacobs
Political Restructuring, Economic Change and the Civic Gospel
Local Government in Poland - Wisla Surazska
Political Failure and Economic Success
Market as Pressure or Market as Possibility - Gabor Peteri
The Framework of Local Economic Development in Hungary
Regimes of Accumulation, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and Export
Processing Zones - Thomas Klak and Jamie Rulli
Scales of Influence on Caribbean Development
Local Institutions and Development - Dele Olowu
The Nigerian Experience
Political Restructuring and the Development Process in Kenya - Peter M Ngau
Conclusion - Edward Goetz