TY - BOOK AU - Bagnasco,Arnaldo AU - Gal�s,Patrick Le TI - Cities in contemporary europe SN - 0521664888 (paperback) AV - HT131 U1 - 307.76094 PY - 2000/// CY - [S.l.] PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Cities and towns KW - Europe N2 - European cities are at the center of social, political and economic changes in Western Europe. This book develops a new analytical framework in urban sociology and politics, and examines the economics of cities, their social structures, and the modes and processes of governance. Each chapter comprises a comparison across several countries and examines critically the book's central theoretical perspective. This is not a book about the making of a Europe of cities but rather about how some cities can take advantage of their changing global and European environment UR - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521664888/chopaconline-20 ER -