New money, nice town : how capital works in the new urban economy /
"The economic restructuring that has gone on since the 1980s has produced a new economic space in which service and high tech firms are at the forefront of innovation. One of the features of the new economy is what pop geographer Joel Kotkin calls "nerdistans, " or smaller cities with...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2003
Oxon, England ; New York, New York : 2013 |
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| Summary: | "The economic restructuring that has gone on since the 1980s has produced a new economic space in which service and high tech firms are at the forefront of innovation. One of the features of the new economy is what pop geographer Joel Kotkin calls "nerdistans, " or smaller cities with a substantial high tech sector, limits on growth, environmentally friendly policies and a generally well-educated population. In New Money, Nice Town, Leonard Nevarez takes a close look at how "new economy" firms in "quality of life" cities interact with local political structures, finding that they are both more liberal and more detached than their traditional counterparts. This new global economy has created communities whose politics are more democratic, but also more tenuous and unstable"--Amazon.com "The economic restructuring that has gone on since the 1980s has produced a new economic space in which service and high tech firms are at the forefront of innovation. One of the features of the new economy is what pop geographer Joel Kotkin calls "nerdistans," or smaller cities with a substantial high tech sector, limits on growth, environmentally friendly policies and a generally well-educated population. In New Money, Nice Town, Leonard Nevarez takes a close look at how "new economy" firms in "quality of life" cities interact with local political structures, finding that they are both more liberal and more detached than their traditional counterparts. This new global economy has created communities whose politics are more democratic, but also more tenuous and unstable"--Amazon.com |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (239 pages) 1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index |
| ISBN: | 1317794869 9781315811215 (e-book) 9781317794868 |
| Access: | Access restricted by licensing agreement |