Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo: Globalization and Community
Autor Paul Kantor, Christian Lefèvre, Asato Saito, H. V. Savitchen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 aug 2012
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.
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780816677436
ISBN-10: 0816677433
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 16 b&w photos, 5 maps, 23 tables
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Minnesota Press
Colecția Univ Of Minnesota Press
Seria Globalization and Community
ISBN-10: 0816677433
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 16 b&w photos, 5 maps, 23 tables
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Minnesota Press
Colecția Univ Of Minnesota Press
Seria Globalization and Community
Notă biografică
Paul Kantor is emeritus professor of political science at Fordham University.
Christian Lefèvre is director of the French Institute of Urban Affairs and professor at the University of Paris Est, LATTS.
Asato Saito is an independent scholar working in Tokyo.
H. V. Savitch is Brown and Williamson Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Louisville.
Andy Thornley is emeritus professor of urban planning at the London School of Economics.
Christian Lefèvre is director of the French Institute of Urban Affairs and professor at the University of Paris Est, LATTS.
Asato Saito is an independent scholar working in Tokyo.
H. V. Savitch is Brown and Williamson Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Louisville.
Andy Thornley is emeritus professor of urban planning at the London School of Economics.
Cuprins
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Governable Giants?
1. Four Global City-Regions: A Profile
Part I. The Greater London Region
2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation
3. Strong Metropolitan Leadership
Part II. The New York Tri-State Region
4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses
5. Managed Pluralism
Part III. Paris–Île de France
6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory
7. Unregulated Competitive Decentralization
Part IV. The Tokyo City-Region
8. New Challenges, Old Governance
9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State
10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-Regions
Conclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Governable Giants?
1. Four Global City-Regions: A Profile
Part I. The Greater London Region
2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation
3. Strong Metropolitan Leadership
Part II. The New York Tri-State Region
4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses
5. Managed Pluralism
Part III. Paris–Île de France
6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory
7. Unregulated Competitive Decentralization
Part IV. The Tokyo City-Region
8. New Challenges, Old Governance
9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State
10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-Regions
Conclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Descriere
The struggle for governability in the world’s four leading global city-regions