| City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age Contributor(s): Schragger, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0190246669 ISBN-13: 9780190246662 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $37.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Local - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| LCCN: 2016009577 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard C. Schragger challenges the existing assumptions, arguing that cities can govern, but only if we let them. In the past decade, city leaders across the country have raised the minimum wage, expanded social services, and engaged in social welfare redistribution. These cities have not suffered capital flight. In fact, many are experiencing an economic renaissance. Schragger argues that city policies are not limited by the demands of mobile capital, but instead by constitutional restraints serving the interests of state and federal officials. Maintaining weak cities is a political choice. In this new era of global capital, the power of cities is more relevant to citizen well-being than ever before. A dynamic vision of city politics for our new urban age, City Power reveals how cities can govern despite these constitutional limits - and why we should want them to. |