The urban growth machine
Subtitle: critical perspectives two decades later
By: edited by Andrew E.G. Jonas and David Wilson.
Contributors: Jonas, Andrew E. G., 1961-; Wilson, David, 1956-; Association of American Geographers. Meeting
Series: SUNY series in urban public policy; SUNY series on urban public policy.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Growth -- Congresses.; Community development -- Congresses.; Municipal government -- Congresses.; Urban policy -- Congresses.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.

"This book offers 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.

These themes not only provide the focus for the critical examinations of the growth machine thesis, but also offer exciting new ways of thinking about and researching urban politics and local economic development."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-296) and index.
Chiefly essays presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Charlotte, N.C. in 1996.