"Initial versions of these chapters were papers presented at a series of panel meetings at the 1996 annual meeting of the AAG held in Charlotte, North Carolina"--P. xi. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
State restructuring, political opportunism, and capital mobility / Robert W. Lake -- Economic globalization and income inequality in the United States / John O'Loughlin -- Globalization and social restructuring of the American population : geographies of exclusion and vulnerability / Janet E. Kodras -- Citizenship and the search for community / Lynn A. Staeheli -- Restructuring the state : devolution, privatization, and the geographic redistribution of power and capacity in governance / Janet E. Kodras -- How federal cutbacks affect the charitable sector / Julian Wolpert -- State restructuring and the importance of "Rights-Talk" / Don Mitchell -- Fair or foul? : Remaking agricultural policy for the 21st century / Brian Page -- Back to the future in labor relations : from the New Deal to Newt's deal / Andrew Herod -- Responsibility, regulation, and retrenchment : the end of welfare? / Meghan Cope -- Transnationalism, nationalism, and international migration : the changing role and relevance of the state / Richard Wright -- Education policy and the 104th congress / Fred M. Shelley --Environmental policy and government restructuring / Marvin Waterstone -- Conclusion : Regional collective memories and the ideology of state restructuring / Colin Flint.
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