Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure
$149.19
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2020
Summary
The Financial City: Infrastructure, Governance, and the Remaking of Urban Spaces
Infrastructure systems are the backbone of modern life, providing essential services that we often take for granted. This book delves into the complex relationship between financialization, city governance, and infrastructure development, analyzing its profound and lasting effects on urban and regional growth, politics, and policy.
Challenging conventional approaches, the book advocates for a pe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800373846 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800373848 |
| Author: | Andy Pike, Tom Strickland, Graham Thrower, John Tomaney, Peter O’Brien |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2020 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure explores the crucial connection between globalised financial flows and the infrastructure that provides the scaffolding for urban development. By following the money, the authors show the interaction of state and capital in shaping urban form and the uneven impacts on particular cities and groups within them.’ –Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard University, US
About The Author
Andy Pike
Andy Pike, Peter O’Brien and Tom Strickland are affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University. Graham Thrower is Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion, University of Sunderland. John Tomaney is associated with the Bartlett School of Planning, Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, UK.
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