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245 10 a| Bloomberg's New York :b| class and governance in the luxury city /c| Julian Brash.;

300 a| xii, 342 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| Geographies of justice and social transformation ;v| 6;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| 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 Wayùa 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. --;

520 a| 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 arrangementsùand opportunities for social justiceùremain. --Book Jacket.;

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

Author/creator	Brash, Julian
Format	Book
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2011.
Description	xii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Bloomberg, Michael. Elite (Social sciences)--New York (State). --New York. Urban renewal--New York (State). --New York. New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government. --1951-.

Series	Geographies of justice and social transformation ; 6 Geographies of justice and social transformation 6. ^A1030957
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.
Abstract	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 Wayùa 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. --
Abstract	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 arrangementsùand opportunities for social justiceùremain. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010027198
ISBN	9780820335667 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820335665 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780820336817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0820336815 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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

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