TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hess,David J.
TI  - Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States
T2  - Urban and Industrial Environments Series
SN  - 9780262255486
AV  - HC110.E5H47 2009 
U1  - 338.973/07091732 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Sustainable urban development-United States
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Central-local government relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Global Problems and Localist Solutions -- 2 Economic Development and Localist Knowledge -- 3 Can Localism Be Just and Sustainable? -- 4 The Politics of Local Retailing -- 5 The Challenges of Urban Agriculture -- 6 Local Energy and the Public Sector -- 7 Localism and the Media -- 8 Policies for an Alternative Economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments
N2  - An overview of the localist movement in the United States, from "buy local" campaigns to urban agriculture, and its potential for addressing global problems of sustainability and justice
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ER  -