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 Imagining Seattle is a study of social values in urban governance and the relationship of environmentalism, race relations, and economic growth in contemporary Seattle.   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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781496224989
• ISBN: 978-1-4962-2498-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Our Sustainable Future
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education