Global Decisions, Local Collisions: Urban Life in the New World Order

by David C Ranney

Overview

The politics of the past must be rethought. They were designed for a world where the U.S. manufactured at home, and where portions of U.S.-based labor had traded social stability for high wages. In this thought-provoking work, David Ranney shows how our world has changed and offers a plan for remaking progressive politics to meet the crises brought about by what George H. W. Bush first termed "the new world order." Drawing from his experiences in Chicago politics, first as a factory worker and later as an activist and academic, Ranney shows how the increasing mobility of capital, the easy availability of credit, and changing government policies have reshaped the urban world where U.S. workers live their everyday lives. This is not the story of the interconnectedness of modern business, but rather the need for self-respecting people who bring home a weekly paycheck to see the common, global problems they face, and to work together to bring about meaningful change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592130009
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	12/28/2002
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vi
	Timeline	viii
1.	Introduction	1
2.	Philosophical Perspectives	13
3.	The Evolution of a New World Order	34
4.	Manufacturing Collapses in Chicago	71
5.	The New World Order and Local Government: Chicago Politics and Economic Development	91
6.	Where will Poor People Live?	122
7.	Jobs, Wages, and Trade in the New World Order	164
8.	Organizing to Combat the New World Order	198
9.	Implications and Directions	216
	Notes	235
	Index	255