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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Marsha McGraw Olive (Johns Hopkins University)Publisher: Agenda Publishing Imprint: Agenda Publishing ISBN: 9781788214681ISBN 10: 1788214684 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 07 July 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Globally successful cities 2. Urban political economy in historical perspective3. Urban land governance: liberal and illiberal patterns4. Cautionary tale: Moscow5. Cautionary tale: Istanbul6. ConclusionsReviewsDrawing on history, comparative politics, and rich case studies of Moscow and Istanbul, Olive shifts our gaze from national to urban politics and identifies land governance as the key to successful and vibrant cities. Accessible, insightful, and well-researched, Owning the City should be required reading for anyone interested in cities in the twenty-first century. -- Tim Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Columbia University Marsha McGraw Olive brilliantly employs the nature of land governance to explain the current global liberal/authoritarian divide and to show how property rights translate into political power. A must-read for those who want to understand how politics and economics intersect in our world today. -- Fatma Muge Goecek, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Drawing on history, comparative politics, and rich case studies of Moscow and Istanbul, Olive shifts our gaze from national to urban politics and identifies land governance as the key to successful and vibrant cities. Accessible, insightful, and well-researched, Owning the City should be required reading for anyone interested in cities in the twenty-first century. -- Tim Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Columbia University Marsha McGraw Olive brilliantly employs the nature of land governance to explain the current global liberal/authoritarian divide and to show how property rights translate into political power. A must-read for those who want to understand how politics and economics intersect in our world today. -- Fatma Muge Goecek, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Drawing on history, comparative politics, and rich case studies of Moscow and Istanbul, Olive shifts our gaze from national to urban politics and identifies land governance as the key to successful and vibrant cities. Accessible, insightful, and well-researched, Owning the City should be required reading for anyone interested in cities in the twenty-first century. -- Tim Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Columbia University Marsha McGraw Olive brilliantly employs the nature of land governance to explain the current global liberal/authoritarian divide and to show how property rights translate into political power. A must-read for those who want to understand how politics and economics intersect in our world today. -- Fatma Müge Göçek, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Author InformationMarsha McGraw Olive is Adjunct Professor of European and Eurasian Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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