Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to
exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international
competition increasingly limits the importance of place? "Cities in
the International Marketplace" looks at the political responses of
ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled
with the forces of global restructuring during the past thirty
years. H. V. Savitch and Paul Kantor conclude that cities do have
choices in city building and that they behave strategically in the
international marketplace.
Rather than treating cities through case studies, this book
undertakes rigorous systematic comparison. In doing so it provides
an innovative theory that explains how city governments bargain in
the capital investment process to assert their influence. The
authors examine the role of economic conditions and
intergovernmental politics as well as local democratic institutions
and cultural values. They also show why cities vary in their
approaches to urban development. They portray how cities are
constrained by the dynamics of the global economy but are not its
prisoners. Further, they explain why some urban communities have
more maneuverability than do others in the economic development
game. Local governance, culture, and planning can combine with
economic fortune and national urban policies to provide resources
that expand or contract the scope for choice. This clearly written
book analyzes the political economy of development in Detroit,
Houston, and New York in the United States; Toronto in Canada;
Paris and Marseilles in France; Milan and Naples in Italy; and
Glasgow and Liverpool in Great Britain.
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