Imagining Seattle - Social Values in Urban Governance

Informationen zum Autor Serin D. Houston is an associate professor of geography and international relations at Mount Holyoke College.   Klappentext Serin D. Houston is an assistant professor of geography and international relations at Mount Holyoke College. Zusammenfassung Imagining Seattle is a study of social values in urban governance and the relationship of environmentalism, race relations, and economic growth in contemporary Seattle. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Seattle, “The City of” 1. Urban Ambitions and Anxieties: The Quest for World-Class Status 2. Exclusive Inclusion: Choosing Sustainability and Being Green 3. People, Products, and Processes: Creativity as Economic Development 4. Unsettling Whiteness: The Race and Social Justice Initiative and Institutional Change Conclusion: “The City Lives in Us” Appendix 1: Research Methods Appendix 2: Recent Mayors of Seattle Appendix 3: We’re So Green Lyrics Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Serin D Houston, Serin D. Houston
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780803248755
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-4875-5
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Our Sustainable Future; Our Sustainable Future
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education