Kaufmann, David (2018). Varieties of Capital Cities: The Competitiveness Challenge for Secondary Capitals. Cities series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publ.
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The political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power, are not the primary economic city of their nation state. David Kaufmann examines the unique challenges that these cities face entering globalized, inter-urban competition while not possessing a competitive political economy.
Varieties of Capital Cities offers empirically rich case studies of four secondary capital cities: Bern, Ottawa, The Hague, and Washington, DC. Analysed with an innovative research framework, this book shows through its clearly structured analysis, that while the pressures facing these cities are the same, the mechanisms they employ to cope with them are very different. They have formulated a wide variety of policies to supplement their capital function with economically promising profiles, even though they cannot escape their destinies as government cities.
This book is an impressive contribution to an area of study largely neglected by urban studies, political science, and economic geography. With vital lessons for urban policy makers, the interested practitioner will find a pool of inspiration for their urban strategies. Students and scholars of these subjects will find this book interesting, and will also find it invaluable as a lesson for how to develop and execute comparative case studies.
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Book (Monograph) |
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Division/Institute: |
11 Centers of Competence > KPM Center for Public Management |
UniBE Contributor: |
Kaufmann, David |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science 700 Arts > 710 Landscaping & area planning |
ISBN: |
978-1-78811-643-5 |
Series: |
Cities series |
Publisher: |
Edward Elgar Publ. |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
David Christen |
Date Deposited: |
29 Oct 2018 11:58 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:18 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
capital cities, locational policies, urban governance, Bern, Ottawa, The Hague, Washington, D.C. |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.120411 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/120411 |
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