Author : Leonard Nevarez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317794877
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Book Synopsis New Money, Nice Town by : Leonard Nevarez
Download or read book New Money, Nice Town written by Leonard Nevarez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic restructuring that has gone on since the 1980s has produced a new economic space in which service and high tech firms are at the forefront of innovation. One of the features of the new economy is what pop geographer Joel Kotkin calls "nerdistans," or smaller cities with a substantial high tech sector, limits on growth, environmentally friendly policies and a generally well-educated population. In New Money, Nice Town, Leonard Nevarez takes a close look at how "new economy" firms in "quality of life" cities interact with local political structures, finding that they are both more liberal and more detached than their traditional counterparts. This new global economy has created communities whose politics are more democratic, but also more tenuous and unstable.