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The Resource Bloomberg's New York : class and governance in the luxury city, Julian Brash

Bloomberg's New York : class and governance in the luxury city, Julian Brash

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Summary
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg's New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor's attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way-a philosophy that holds up the mayor as CEO, government as a private corporation, desirable residents and businesses as customers and clients, and the city itself as a product to be branded and marketed as a luxury good. Commonly represented as pragmatic and nonideological, the Bloomberg Way, Brash argues, is in fact an ambitious reformulation of neoliberal governance that advances specific class interests. He considers the implications of this in a blow-by-blow account of the debate over the Hudson Yards plan, which aimed to transform Manhattan's far west side into the city's next great high-end district. Bringing this plan to fruition proved surprisingly difficult as activists and entrenched interests pushed back against the Bloomberg administration, suggesting that despite Bloomberg's success in redrawing the rules of urban governance, older political arrangements-and opportunities for social justice-remain
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages)
Contents
  • The neoliberalization of governance in New York City
  • Electing the CEO mayor
  • Running government like a business
  • The luxury city
  • The Bloomberg Way
  • Far West side stories
  • Why the RPA mattered
  • The logic of investment
  • The Bloomberg Way and its others
Isbn
9780820337548
Instance
Label
Bloomberg's New York : class and governance in the luxury city
Title
Bloomberg's New York
Title remainder
class and governance in the luxury city
Statement of responsibility
Julian Brash
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg's New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor's attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way-a philosophy that holds up the mayor as CEO, government as a private corporation, desirable residents and businesses as customers and clients, and the city itself as a product to be branded and marketed as a luxury good. Commonly represented as pragmatic and nonideological, the Bloomberg Way, Brash argues, is in fact an ambitious reformulation of neoliberal governance that advances specific class interests. He considers the implications of this in a blow-by-blow account of the debate over the Hudson Yards plan, which aimed to transform Manhattan's far west side into the city's next great high-end district. Bringing this plan to fruition proved surprisingly difficult as activists and entrenched interests pushed back against the Bloomberg administration, suggesting that despite Bloomberg's success in redrawing the rules of urban governance, older political arrangements-and opportunities for social justice-remain
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Brash, Julian
Dewey number
974.7/1044
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
JS1230
LC item number
.B73 2011eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Geographies of justice and social transformation
Series volume
6
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  • Bloomberg, Michael
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Elite (Social sciences)
  • Urban renewal
  • Bloomberg, Michael
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Elite (Social sciences)
  • Politics and government
  • Urban renewal
  • New York (State)
Label
Bloomberg's New York : class and governance in the luxury city, Julian Brash
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
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cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The neoliberalization of governance in New York City -- Electing the CEO mayor -- Running government like a business -- The luxury city -- The Bloomberg Way -- Far West side stories -- Why the RPA mattered -- The logic of investment -- The Bloomberg Way and its others
Control code
706077290
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780820337548
Lccn
2010027198
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps.
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22573/ctt3q4xhx
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not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)706077290
Label
Bloomberg's New York : class and governance in the luxury city, Julian Brash
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The neoliberalization of governance in New York City -- Electing the CEO mayor -- Running government like a business -- The luxury city -- The Bloomberg Way -- Far West side stories -- Why the RPA mattered -- The logic of investment -- The Bloomberg Way and its others
Control code
706077290
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 342 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780820337548
Lccn
2010027198
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt3q4xhx
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)706077290

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