Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- the neoliberal transformation of New York City -- The crisis in context -- From crisis regime to mayoral-business coalition : the rise of Koch -- Globalization and the underdevelopment of New York : the 1990s -- Politics in the 1990s : soft cop, hard cop -- The Bloomberg phenomenon -- Behind the skyline : New York's elite remakes the city and itself -- Beneath the skyline -- Conclusion : neoliberal triumph.