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

by William Sites

Inequality increases, instability grows, communities fragment: this is the fate of a city in the wake of globalization--but is globalization really the cause? Proposing a new perspective on politics, globalization, and the city, this provocative book argues that such urban problems result in part from U.S. policies that can be changed. William Sites develops the concept of primitive globalization, identifying a pattern of reactive politics--ad hoc...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816641560
• ISBN13: 9780816641567
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"