Mexico’s Struggle for Public Security: Organized Crime and State Responses, George Philip, Susana Berruecos, eds.
(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), 204 pages.
This article considers the impact of globalization on American cities and how they will function and rank in a globalized economy. It argues that almost all American cities grew from an original economic raison d’ être, greatly impacted by the industrial era. The end of that era and the arrival of a new economy affect their utility, for better or worse. Secondly, most American cities are place-based, to take advantage of nearby raw materials and to serve trading routes and surrounding communities. Global cities will, by necessity, need to sever these geographical ties and find new places in…
