Cities As Political Objects
Subtitle: Historical Evolution, Analytical Categorisations and Institutional Challenges of Metropolitanisation
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward; Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781784719890
Subjects: Cities and towns, europe
Description: Cities are back as significant political-administrative units - only now as metropolises. Rather than simply a mechanical effect of the exigencies of economic globalization, this book convincingly demonstrates that an array of active political actors are involved in energizing the trend. It is political praxis not economic structure that provides the key to understanding the efflorescence of urban governance today. The fact that there is much variation across cities in the extent and effectiveness of new models of governance suggests how much one-size-fits-all economic determinism misses the point,'