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A review by mkesten
The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism by Jeremy Nowak, Bruce Katz
4.0
Some of my common criticisms of books these days applies to this one: the title really does not do justice to the content. There is the assumption that we are living in a unique age of populism and no real analysis of the premise, but the so-called age of populism is really secondary to the major point of the book: that redirecting the attention of municipal leaders to the underlying wealth of cities can provide the basis for leadership to accelerate growth, provide a basis to deal with intractable urban problems, and rebalance the relationship between levels of government in democracies.
This is actually quite a helpful book on the subject of what cities can do to help themselves.
The stories remind one that some people are really trying hard in America and elsewhere to redress systemic racism, intractable poverty, improve access to educational and economic opportunity, urban renewal (there’s an old phrase), and social cohesion.
This is actually quite a helpful book on the subject of what cities can do to help themselves.
The stories remind one that some people are really trying hard in America and elsewhere to redress systemic racism, intractable poverty, improve access to educational and economic opportunity, urban renewal (there’s an old phrase), and social cohesion.