Title Remaking New York : Primitive Globalization and the Politics of Urban Community

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) Series Globalization and Community Globalization and community. Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Globalism and the City; 1. Primitive Globalization? State, Economy, and Urban Development; 2. Building an Urban Neoliberalism: The Long Rebirth of New York; 3. Public Action: Gentrification and the Lower East Side; 4. Urban Movements, Local Control: Fighting over the Neighborhood; 5. Beyond Primitive Globalization: Policy, Activism, and the Metropolis; Postscript: Rebuilding after 9/11; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index Summary William Sites proposes a new perspective on politics, globalization, and the city through the concept of primitive globalization, identifying a pattern of reactive politics that facilitates a damaging type of international integration. Sites examines the Notes Print version record Subject City planning -- New York (State) -- New York Community development -- New York (State) -- New York Community organization -- New York (State) -- New York Political participation -- New York (State) -- New York Municipal government -- New York (State) -- New York Globalization. globalism. City planning Community development Community organization Economic history Economic policy Globalization Municipal government Political participation Politics and government Social conditions SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091430 New York (N.Y.) -- Economic policy Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Lower East Side Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816694839 0816694834

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