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Remaking Chicago - The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change (Hardcover)
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Remaking Chicago - The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change (Hardcover)
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Examining Chicago as a model for urban economic development in the
post-World War II era, Joel Rast challenges the conventional belief
that structural economic change has forced cities to concentrate
resources on downtown revitalization efforts in order to remain
fiscally viable. Rast argues instead that cities face multiple
economic development choices and that politics play a fundamental
role in deciding among them. During the late 1950s, a coalition of
city officials and downtown business leaders initiated planning
efforts that would help reshape central Chicago into a modern mecca
of service industries and affluent residential neighborhoods,
chasing viable manufacturers from the near downtown area in the
process. More recently, however, manufacturers have sought
protection and support from city government, forming alliances with
labor and community organizations concerned with the decline of
well-paying industrial job opportunities. Responding to these
pressures, city officials from the Harold Washington, Eugene
Sawyer, and Richard M. Daley administrations have taken steps to
implement a citywide industrial policy. Remaking Chicago portrays
urban economic development as open-ended and politically contested.
It demonstrates that who governs matters and shows how
opportunities exist for creative local responses to urban economic
restructuring. Based on extensive research, this well-written case
study will appeal to those interested in urban planning and
politics, economic development, and Chicago history and politics.
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