The urban system and networks of corporate control /
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| Author / Creator: | Ross, Christopher O. |
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| Imprint: | Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xiii, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary studies in sociology v. 11 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1316506 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction. The Urban System. Research on Metropolitan Dominance. The Internal Division of Labor and the Hinterland. The External Division of Labor and the Hinterland. The Internal Division of Labor and Urban System Position. System Position and the External Division of Labor. Improving the Ecological Approach to Metropolitan Dominance
- II. The System of Intraorganizational Dominance Relations. Corporate Actors in the Ecological Field. Firms and Their Environments. Power, Influence, and Dominance in the Intraorganizational Realm. The Firm and Organizational Power. Organizational Dominance in the Ecological Field. A Synthetic Approach to Organizational Dominance. Change in the Urban System. Change in Ecological and Organizational Determinants of System Position
- III. Network Data and Network Structure. Assessing Network Structure. Summary Measures of Network Structure. Ecological and Organizational Characteristics of Places
- IV. The Structure of the Network of Intercity Relations. Hierarchy in the System of Cities. Hierarchy and Region. Hierarchy and Integration. Summary: The Urban System as Hierarchy
- V. Ecological and Organizational Components of Network Structure. Ecological Dimensions of Network Prominence. Summary: Ecological Antecedents of Network Prominence. Organizational Components of Network Prominence. Summary: Organizational and Ecological Perspectives of Dominance
- VI. Change in the Network of Influence Relations. The Urban Hierarchy in 1950. Regional Influences and the Urban Hierarchy in 1950. Hierarchy and Integration in the Urban System--1950. Change in the Urban Hierarchy: 1950-1980. Change in the Ecology of Urban Network Influence
- VII. Network Characteristics and the Future of Urban Systems Research. Characteristics of the System. Ecological and Organizational Effects on the System. Ecological and Organizational Effects. The Network of World Cities. Evolution of the Organizational Approach.