Remaking Chicago
The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change
Seiten
1999
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87580-248-0 (ISBN)
Northern Illinois University Press (Verlag)
978-0-87580-248-0 (ISBN)
Modelled on post-war Chicago, this study of urban economic development argues that cities have many choices for economic development and that a major part in these decisions is played by politics. The author uses research to show the effects local administrations have had on urban based industry.
Examining Chicago as a model for urban economic development in the post–World War II era, Joel Rast challenges the conventional belief that structural economic change has forced cities to concentrate resources on downtown revitalization efforts in order to remain fiscally viable. Rast argues instead that cities face multiple economic development choices and that politics play a fundamental role in deciding among them.
During the late 1950s, a coalition of city officials and downtown business leaders initiated planning efforts that would help reshape central Chicago into a modern mecca of service industries and affluent residential neighborhoods, chasing viable manufacturers from the near downtown area in the process. More recently, however, manufacturers have sought protection and support from city government, forming alliances with labor and community organizations concerned with the decline of well-paying industrial job opportunities. Responding to these pressures, city officials from the Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer, and Richard M. Daley administrations have taken steps to implement a citywide industrial policy.
Remaking Chicago portrays urban economic development as open-ended and politically contested. It demonstrates that who governs matters and shows how opportunities exist for creative local responses to urban economic restructuring. Based on extensive research, this well-written case study will appeal to those interested in urban planning and politics, economic development, and Chicago history and politics.
Examining Chicago as a model for urban economic development in the post–World War II era, Joel Rast challenges the conventional belief that structural economic change has forced cities to concentrate resources on downtown revitalization efforts in order to remain fiscally viable. Rast argues instead that cities face multiple economic development choices and that politics play a fundamental role in deciding among them.
During the late 1950s, a coalition of city officials and downtown business leaders initiated planning efforts that would help reshape central Chicago into a modern mecca of service industries and affluent residential neighborhoods, chasing viable manufacturers from the near downtown area in the process. More recently, however, manufacturers have sought protection and support from city government, forming alliances with labor and community organizations concerned with the decline of well-paying industrial job opportunities. Responding to these pressures, city officials from the Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer, and Richard M. Daley administrations have taken steps to implement a citywide industrial policy.
Remaking Chicago portrays urban economic development as open-ended and politically contested. It demonstrates that who governs matters and shows how opportunities exist for creative local responses to urban economic restructuring. Based on extensive research, this well-written case study will appeal to those interested in urban planning and politics, economic development, and Chicago history and politics.
Table of Contents
1 The Politics of Urban Economic Development
2 Downtown Redevelopment and the Chicago Political Machine
3 Rethinking Industrial Decline: The Chicago Printing and Apparel Industries
4 Community Economic Development and the Crisis of Machine Politics
5 The Battle for the Near North Side
6 Toward a Citywide Industrial Policy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 907 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-87580-248-6 / 0875802486 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-87580-248-0 / 9780875802480 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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