Cities in the International Marketplace
The Political Economy of Urban Development in North America and Western Europe
Does globalization menace our cities? Are cities able to exercise democratic rule and strategic choice when international competition increasingly limits the importance of place? Cities in the International Marketplace looks at the political responses of ten cities in North America and Western Europe as they grappled with the forces of global restructuring during the past thirty years. H. V. Savitch and Paul Kantor conclude that cities do have choices in city building and that they behave strategically in the international marketplace.
H. V. Savitch is the Brown and Williamson Distinguished Research Professor of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville. He has published nine books, including Post-Industrial Cities: Politics and Planning in New York, Paris, and London (Princeton). Paul Kantor is Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. His many books include The Dependent City Revisited and The Politics of Urban America.
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