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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961630503321

Autore

Imbroscio David L

Titolo

Reconstructing city politics : alternative economic development and urban regimes / / David L. Imbroscio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1997

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

9780761906131

0761906134

9781483327884

1483327884

9781452249087

1452249083

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 210 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cities and planning series

Disciplina

307.760973

Soggetti

Urban policy - United States

City planning - United States

Municipal government - United States

United States Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Background -- part II. Analysis -- part III. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, David L Imbroscio urges that urban political economy must move forward beyond the question of `what is?′ to a consideration of `what might be′. He systematically poses the possibilities for reconstructing the nature of contemporary city politics, while integrating a wealth of innovative urban analysis. The author explores three alternative urban economic development strategies: entrepreneurial mercantilism, community-based economic development and municipal enterprise. He considers whether these strategies are likely to be effective for bringing about urban economic vitality and whether it is feasible for cities to pursue these efforts in the current political economic context. By addressing these questions,



Imbroscio reaches.