03497nam 2200625 a 450 991081368480332120230913152050.01-283-03121-397866130312110-8203-3754-4(CKB)2670000000080028(OCoLC)706077290(CaPaEBR)ebrary10453778(SSID)ssj0000467322(PQKBManifestationID)11314231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000467322(PQKBWorkID)10488952(PQKB)10706115(MiAaPQ)EBC3038940(MdBmJHUP)muse14529(Au-PeEL)EBL3038940(CaPaEBR)ebr10453778(CaONFJC)MIL303121(EXLCZ)99267000000008002820100708d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBloomberg's New York class and governance in the luxury city /Julian BrashAthens [Ga.] University of Georgia Pressc20101 online resource (xii, 342 pages) illustrations, mapsGeographies of justice and social transformation ;6Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-3681-5 0-8203-3566-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.The neoliberalization of governance in New York City -- Electing the CEO mayor -- Running government like a business -- The luxury city -- The Bloomberg Way -- Far West side stories -- Why the RPA mattered -- The logic of investment -- The Bloomberg Way and its others.New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg's New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor's attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way-a philosophy that holds up the mayor as CEO, government as a private corporation, desirable residents and businesses as customers and clients, and the city itself as a product to be branded and marketed as a luxury good. Commonly represented as pragmatic and nonideological, the Bloomberg Way, Brash argues, is in fact an ambitious reformulation of neoliberal governance that advances specific class interests. He considers the implications of this in a blow-by-blow account of the debate over the Hudson Yards plan, which aimed to transform Manhattan's far west side into the city's next great high-end district. Bringing this plan to fruition proved surprisingly difficult as activists and entrenched interests pushed back against the Bloomberg administration, suggesting that despite Bloomberg's success in redrawing the rules of urban governance, older political arrangements-and opportunities for social justice-remain.Geographies of justice and social transformation ;6.Elite (Social sciences)New York (State)New YorkUrban renewalNew York (State)New YorkNew York (N.Y.)Politics and government1951-Elite (Social sciences)Urban renewal974.7/1044Brash Julian1671129MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813684803321Bloomberg's New York4033471UNINA