The Urban Growth Machine - Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later (Paperback)

Harvey Molotch's "city as a growth machine" thesis is one of the most influential approaches to the analysis of urban politics and local economic development in the United States. However, the nature and context of urban politics have changed considerably since the growth machine thesis was first proposed more than twenty years ago, and recent attempts to apply it to settings outside the U.S. have revealed conceptual and empirical limitations.

This book often a unique critical assessment of the contribution of the growth machine thesis to research in urban political economy. Written from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, it brings together leading urban studies scholars. These contributors explore three organizing themes: urban growth, discourse and ideology; new dimensions of urban politics; and the growth machine in comparative perspective. Includes a concluding chapter by Harvey Molotch himself.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in Urban Public Policy
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	August 1999
Editors:	Andrew E.G. Jonas • David Wilson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-4260-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	0-7914-4260-8
Barcode:	9780791442609

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