| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Rule of experts. Management ; Fraternity ; Playground -- The paradox of debt. Shelter ; Crunch ; Revolt ; Failure -- Supremacy. Eclipse ; Pinched -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"Cities require infrastructure as they grow and persist; infrastructure requires funding, typically from the bond market. But the bond market is not a neutral player. In this groundbreaking book, Destin Jenkins suggests that questions of urban infrastructure are inherently also questions of justice because infrastructure requires financial mechanisms to come into being. Moreover, these mechanisms abstract cities into investments controlled from afar, which exacerbates local inequalities of race, wealth, and power. Ultimately, Jenkins opens up far larger questions, such as why it is that American social welfare is predicated on the demands of finance capitalism in the first place"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
Municipal bonds -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
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Finance, Public -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
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Debts, Public -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
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Municipal government -- California -- San Francisco -- Finance -- History -- 20th century
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Equality -- Economic aspects -- California -- San Francisco
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HISTORY -- General.
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Debts, Public
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Equality -- Economic aspects
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Finance, Public
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Municipal bonds
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Municipal government -- Finance
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| SUBJECT |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
California -- San Francisco
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
022672168X |
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9780226721682 |
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