Reigning theories of Urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capaCity to effect social change.
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These cities have not suffered capital flight.
In the past decade, City leaders across the country have raised the minimum wage, expanded social services, and engaged in social welfare redistribution.
Schragger challenges the existing assumptions, arguing that cities can govern, but only if we let them.
In City Power , Richard C.
Reigning theories of Urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capaCity to effect social change