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How have local economic conditions been affected by the emergence of a global economy? What changes, if any, have local political authorities made to counterbalance the new emphasis on world interests? Comprehensive and timely, The New Localism answers these and other vital questions by exploring local political restructuring in the face of massive global economic change. Prominent urban scholars cover the privatization of local politics, the emergence of local economic and social activism, and increased competition–on both local and national levels. This important volume examines various levels of development in such diverse political settings as the United States, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. The New Localism is a must read for students and scholars of urban studies, comparative politics, political science, third world development, planning, public administration, and sociology. “Goetz and Clarke's book brings a useful perspective to this literature, not so much because of its theoretical originality, but for its didactic value. It is a straightforward presentation of cases of urban restructuring, well integrated within a common conceptual framework labelled “new localism” –Canadian Journal of Urban Research
Birmingham: Political Restructuring, Economic Change, and the Civic Gospel
Birmingham: Political Restructuring, Economic Change, and the Civic Gospel
This chapter is about political restructuring and economic change in Britain's second largest city, Birmingham. The focus is on the impact of change upon the city's present ruling Labour administration. Socialist politics were adapted as municipal policy-making autonomy was eroded by economic restructuring and central government policies, forcing old-style “municipal socialism” to give way to a new “market socialism” (Gould, 1989).
From Civic Gospel to Market Socialism
Birmingham's political tradition of Labourism was characterized by both adherence to the development of the city's civic status and pride in its distinctive provincial cultural complexion. The pragmatic Labourism of the 1990s was not simply a reaction to the era of Thatcherism. It ...
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