The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics is an authoritative volume on an established subject in political science and the academy more generally: urban politics and urban studies. The editors are all recognized experts, and are well connected to the leading scholars in urban politics. The book covers the major themes that animate the subfield: the politics of space and place; power and governance; urban policy; urban social organization; citizenship and democratic governance; representation and institutions; approaches and methodology; and the future of urban politics. Given the caliber of the editors and proposed contributors, the volume should set the intellectual agenda for years to come.CH. 1 - INTRODUCTION, MOSSBERGER, CLARKE AND JOHN ; POWER AND PARTICIPATION IN URBAN POLITICS ; CH. 2 - STONE -POWER ; CH. 3 -DOWDING AND FEIOCK - INTRA-LOCAL COMPETITION AND COOPERATION ; CH. 4 -DAVIES AND TROUNSTINE - URBAN POLITICS AND THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM ; CH. 5 - PETERS AND PIERRE -URBAN GOVERNANCE ; CH. 6 - CLARK & KREBS - ELECTIONS AND POLICY RESPONSIVENESS ; CH. 7 - KUEBLER AND PAGANO - URBAN POLITICS AS MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE ; INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE ; CH. 8 - GOLDSMITH - CITIES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS ; CH. 9 - EJERSBO AND SVARA - BUREACRACY AND DEMOCRACY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ; CH. 10 - WOLLMAN AND THURMAIER - REFORMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT ; CH. 11 - COPUS ET AL. -PARTIES IN CITIES ; CH. 12 - HEINELT - LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP ; CH. 13 - HORAK AND BLOKLAND - NEIGHBORHOODS AND CIVIC PRACTICE ; CH. 14 - MAYER AND BOUDREAU - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN URBAN POLITICS: TRENDS IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ; POLITICS AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CITIES ; CH. 15 - HERO AND ORR - SOCIAL CAPITAL ; CH. 16 - MARSCHALL AND SHAH - THE CENTRALITY OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC POLITICS IN AMERICAN CITIES AND TOWNS ; CH. 17 - ATKINSON AND SWANSTROM - POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION ; CH. 18 - MCKENZIE - POLARIZATION AND ENCLAVES IN CITIES ; CH. 19 - MOLLENKOPF AND GARBAYE - THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION ; CH. 20 - SHARP AND BROWNE - CULTURAL CONFLICTS, RELIGION, AND URBAN POLITICS ; URBAN POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ; CH. 21 - WOLMAN - WHAT CITIES DO: HOW MUCH DOES URBAN POLITICS MATTER? ; CH. 22 - SAPOTICHNE AND JONES - SETTING CITY AGENDAS: POWER AND POLICY CHANGE ; CH. 23 - KANTOR AND TUROK - THE POLITICS OF URBAN GROWTH AND DECLINE ; CH. 24 - GARCIA AND JUDD - COMPETITIVE CITIES ; CH. 25 - BODY-GENDROT AND SAVITCH - URBAN VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE: COMPARING LOS ANGELES (1992) AND PARIS (2005) ; CH. 26 - KEIL AND WHITEHEAD - CITIES AND THE POLITICS OF SUSTAINABILITY ; EMERGING RESEARCH AGENDAS ; CH. 27 - CAMPBELL AND FAINSTEIN - JUSTICE, URBAN POLITICS, AND POLICY ; CH. 28 - STREN - CITIES AND POLITICS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: WHY DECENTRALIZATION MATTERS ; CH. 29 - BALDERSHEIM AND KERSTIG - THE WIRED CITY ; CH. 30 - OLIVER - SUBURBAN POLITICS ; CH. 31 - LEFEVRE AND WEIR - BUILDING METROPOLITAN INSTITUTIONS ; CH. 32 - CONCLUSION - CLARKE