Working-Class Institutions, Amazon and The Politics of Local Economic Development in Western Queens

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6404803
AutoresJames Defilippis (0000-0001-9691-6272, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, autor de correspondencia), Samuel Stein (0000-0002-9680-2678, Community Service Society of New York, New York, New York, USA)
Año2023
Volumen59
Número4
Páginas1080-1101
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874221100695
OpenAlexW4280635926
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas14

In November 2018 Amazon announced that they had selected Long Island City, Queens (LIC) as one of two locations for their second headquarters. While there had certainly been criticism and organizing against the proposed deal, given that it had the vocal support of both Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo, most New Yorkers had assumed that the deal would be implemented. Then, rather surprisingly, on February 14th, 2019, Amazon announced its withdrawal from the deal and its decision not to come to LIC. This article uses the case of Amazon and other large scale developments in western Queens to discuss the conflictual and often messy politics of local economic development (LED) in working class communities. It argues that urban studies pays too little attention to how and why working class organizations participate in the politics of LED; and often thereby shape the enacted policies of LED

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