The Urban Growth Machine - Couverture souple

Wilson, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791442608 ISBN 13 : 9780791442609

Editeur : SUNY Press, 1999

Synopsis

Harvey Molotch's "city as a growth machine" thesis is one of the most influential approaches to the analysis of urban politics and local economic development in the United States. However, the nature and context of urban politics have changed considerably since the growth machine thesis was first proposed more than twenty years ago, and recent attempts to apply it to settings outside the U.S. have revealed conceptual and empirical limitations.This book often a unique critical assessment of the contribution of the growth machine thesis to research in urban political economy. Written from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, it brings together leading urban studies scholars. These contributors explore three organizing themes: urban growth, discourse and ideology; new dimensions of urban politics; and the growth machine in comparative perspective. Includes a concluding chapter by Harvey Molotch himself.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Andrew E. G. Jonas is Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Hull, United Kingdom and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Earth Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. David Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: SUNY Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0791442608
• ISBN 13: 9780791442609
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328