Struggling Giants

City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo

AvPaul Kantor,Christian Lefèvre

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2012-08-03
Mått:178 x 254 x 36 mm
Vikt:624 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Globalization and Community
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Minnesota Press
ISBN:9780816677436

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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.

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ContentsAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Governable Giants?1. Four Global City-Regions: A ProfilePart I. The Greater London Region2. Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation3. Strong Metropolitan LeadershipPart II. The New York Tri-State Region4. Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses5. Managed PluralismPart III. Paris–Île de France6. A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory7. Unregulated Competitive DecentralizationPart IV. The Tokyo City-Region8. New Challenges, Old Governance9. World-City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State10. Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-RegionsConclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable?NotesBibliographyIndex