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Informationen zum Autor Michael Peter Smith is author of The City and Social Theory (1980) and City! State and Market. Joe R. Feagin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas! Austin! and author of The Urban Real Estate Game (1983). Klappentext The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities - 'world command cities' such as New York, London and Tokyo; 'specialized command cities' which concentrate on particular industries, such as Detroit; 'state command cities' such as Washington and Brasilia; and so on. These cities, linked by an organizational web of transnational corporations, are the pins holding the capitalist world economy together in the new international division of labour. In The Capitalist City a group of eminent scholars analyzes the intricate relationships among cities, state policies and urban politics at a time of economic restructuring at global, national and local levels to provide an original and timely contribution to one of the most important areas of political and social science. Zusammenfassung The world of modern capitalism is a global network both of corporations and of cities -- a world command citiesa such as New York! London and Tokyo; a specialized command citiesa which concentrate on particular industries! such as Detroit; a state command citiesa such as Washington and Brasilia; and so on. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction ; II. Theoretical perspectives: The global economy! the state! and the city. ; III. Economic restructuring in cities: A global perspective. ; IV. State responses to global restructuring. ; V. Local responses to global restructuring! community! household and urban politics. ; Contributors: Michael Peter Smith! Joe R Feagin! Michael Timberlake! Norman J Glickman! Richard Tardanico! David C Perry! Saskia Sassen-Koob! Richard Child Hill! Edward W Soja! Patricia Anne Wilson! Desmond S King! Sophie Body-Gendrot! Helen Safa! June Nash! Enzo Mingione! Susan S Fainstein! Margit Mayer! John Walton. ...
