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    Pursuing quality of life : from the affluent society to the consumer society (2011)
    New York : Routledge
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    ISBN: 9780415890137
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (x, 262 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Pursuing Quality of Life : From the Affluent Society to the Consumer Society
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics) Case studies ; Quality of life Case studies ; Quality of life ; Electronic books
    Abstract: From anxieties over work-life balance and entangling technologies, to celebrations of cool jobs and great places to live, quality of life frames the ways we enhance our lives and legitimate social change today. But how does the idea of quality of life envision the greater good, and what gets lost as a result? This book provides the critical framework for understanding the idea's contexts and tensions that is conspicuously missing in popular discussions, professional activities, and scholarly research on quality of life. With multiple case studies taken across North America and Europe, it provi
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Conceptual Tensions; 2 Intellectual History; 3 Technology; 4 Family; 5 Work; 6 Place; 7 Politics; 8 Futures; Notes; Permissions; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    New money, nice town : how capital works in the new urban economy (2003)
    New York : Routledge
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    ISBN: 9781317794868 , 1317794869
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xiv, 224 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version New money, nice town
    Keywords: Business and politics ; Urban economics ; Urban economics ; Business and politics ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Economics ; General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Reference ; Business and politics ; Urban economics ; Stedelijke economie ; Stadsplanning ; Investeringen ; Leefwijze ; Economie urbaine ; Affaires et politique ; États-Unis ; Californie (États-Unis) ; Administration locale ; Aspect économique ; États-Unis ; Californie (États-Unis) ; United States Economic conditions ; 20th century ; United States Economic conditions ; 21st century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Corporate Power in the New Urban Economy --Traditions of Local Business Governance --Local Business Structure and Urban Politics --Is there a New Economy? --The Research Sites --The New Urban Economy Sectors --Organization of the Work --Centers of the New Industrial Space --Traditional Corporate Geography --The New Industrial Space --How Labor Sustains the New Industrial Space --Competition and Power at the Center --Spaces of Lifestyle --Contradictions of the Center --Producing Desirable Places --Quality of Life as Locational Asset --The Ambiguous Quality-of-Life Discourse --Building a Site in the New Urban Economy --Workspaces of the New Urban Economy --Relationships with Developers --Big Projects, Little Solidarity --Development Politics Without Developers --Doing Local Business in a Global Industry --Using the Chamber of Commerce --Financing the New Urban Economy --Organizing from Within --Hollowing Out Local Business Institutions --Corporate Interventions into Local Government --How Business Sets City Hall's Agenda --Rationales for Political Participation --The New Business of Local Politics --The New Local Philanthropy --A New Era of Corporate Philanthropy? --Charity and the Old Boys' Network --Environmentalism as Business Interest --Higher Education: The New Chamber of Commerce --Trajectories of Business/Nonprofit Alignments --Rethinking Rootlessness --Lessons from the New Urban Economy --Corporate Power for the Twenty-First Century.
    Description / Table of Contents: Corporate Power in the New Urban EconomyTraditions of Local Business GovernanceLocal Business Structure and Urban PoliticsIs there a New Economy?The Research SitesThe New Urban Economy SectorsOrganization of the WorkCenters of the New Industrial SpaceTraditional Corporate GeographyThe New Industrial SpaceHow Labor Sustains the New Industrial SpaceCompetition and Power at the CenterSpaces of LifestyleContradictions of the CenterProducing Desirable PlacesQuality of Life as Locational AssetThe Ambiguous Quality-of-Life DiscourseBuilding a Site in the New Urban EconomyWorkspaces of the New Urban EconomyRelationships with DevelopersBig Projects, Little SolidarityDevelopment Politics Without DevelopersDoing Local Business in a Global IndustryUsing the Chamber of CommerceFinancing the New Urban EconomyOrganizing from WithinHollowing Out Local Business InstitutionsCorporate Interventions into Local GovernmentHow Business Sets City Hall's AgendaRationales for Political ParticipationThe New Business of Local PoliticsThe New Local PhilanthropyA New Era of Corporate Philanthropy?Charity and the Old Boys' NetworkEnvironmentalism as Business InterestHigher Education: The New Chamber of CommerceTrajectories of Business/Nonprofit AlignmentsRethinking RootlessnessLessons from the New Urban EconomyCorporate Power for the Twenty-First Century.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index. - Print version record
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