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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821707603321

Autore

Sites William

Titolo

Remaking New York : primitive globalization and the politics of urban community / / William Sites

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8166-9483-4

0-8166-4156-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Globalization and community ; ; v. 12

Disciplina

307.1/216/09747

Soggetti

City planning - New York (State) - New York

Community development - New York (State) - New York

Community organization - New York (State) - New York

Political participation - New York (State) - New York

Municipal government - New York (State) - New York

Globalization

New York (N.Y.) Politics and government

New York (N.Y.) Economic policy

Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions

Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of thesis (doctoral--New York University).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Primitive globalization? -- Building an urban neoliberalism -- Public action -- Urban movements, local control -- Beyond primitive globalization.

Sommario/riassunto

William Sites proposes a new perspective on politics, globalization, and the city through the concept of primitive globalization, identifying a pattern of reactive politics that facilitates a damaging type of international integration. Sites examines the.