New Money, Nice Town

"New ideas, nice title. Useful background for illuminating relations between business and local politics." -- Future Survey
"A detailed, thoroughly researched work on the new 'softer' face of corporate power in the emerging era of Creative Capitalism. Leonard Nevarez provides a comprehensive, well-written account of how corporations in software, entertainment and tourism shape communities and influence urban politics in light of their new needs to harness and mobilize skilled and talented people." -- Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class
"The dot-com bubble has burst, but a new economy increasingly devoted to production of ideas and services is still very much with us, and is continuing to transform our cities and politics. Leonard Nevarez understands this well, and his book is one of the first efforts to gauge the impact of this new economy on our social and political lives." -- John B. Judis, author of The Paradox of American Democracy and co-author of TheEmerging Democratic Majority
"A marvelously nuanced account of how the politics and policies of Californian cities are being reorganized through the growth of IT, entertainment, and toursim sectors. This book is well worth reading and then applying the analysis to very many changing cities across the world." -- John Urry, author of Consuming Places and Sociology Beyond Societies
"Leonard Nevarez brilliantly describes the impact of recent economic transformations on the politics of local development. Examining the effect of multi-national, technologically advanced, and 'flexible' businesses in three Californian localities, he develops a theoretical argument connecting the global and local that transcends the particularities of his specific case studies. All in all, a fascinating book that opens up new areas of analysis and research." -- Susan Feinstein, author of TheCity Builders and co-editor of Divided Cities
"New Money, Nice Town is a tour de force." -- Michael Indergaard, St. John's University, City & Community