Reconstructing urban regime theory : regulating urban politics in a global economy / edited by Mickey Lauria.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lauria, Mickey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government.

Municipal government--United States.

United States.

Local government.

Local government--United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 278 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Ca. : Sage, 1996.

Summary:

Urban regime theory has gained a dominant position in the literature on local politics in the United States and its use in comparative cross-national research despite its cited shortcomings. In Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory, editor Mickey Lauria presents a challenging argument for the need to reconceptualize urban regime's middle-level abstraction by interpreting it through the lens of the higher-level abstraction of regulationist theory. The noted contributors to this volume propose stronger conceptual linkages between local agents and institutions, regime transformation, and the restructuring of urban space. The blend of empirical and case-study chapters provide an excellent mix of theory and practice that makes Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory well suited to a broad spectrum of upper-level undergraduate courses covering urban studies, political science, sociology, and geography as well as a rich resource for academics and researchers in these fields.

Contents:

Introduction : reconstructing urban regime theory / Mickey Lauria

Concrete research, urban regimes, and regulation theory / Mark Goodwin, Joe Painter

Spatial structures of regulation and urban regimes / Marshall M. A. Feldman

A neo-Gramscian approach to the regulation of urban regimes : accumulation strategies, hegemonic projects, and governance / Bob Jessop

City politics in an era of globalization / Christopher Leo

Governance, urban regime analysis and the politics of local economic development / Kevin R. Cox

Regulation, regime and practice in urban politics / Joe Painter

Coalition, market and state : postwar development politics in Boston / Cynthia Horan

City planning and the post war regime in Philadelphia / Robert A. Beauregard

Cleveland, the comeback city : the politics of redevelopment and sports stadiums amidst decline / w. Dennis Keating

Regulating suburban politics : suburban-defense transition, institutional capacities and territorial reorganization in Southern California / Andrew E. G. Jonas

Regulating urban regimes : reconstruction or impasse / Mickey Lauria.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-257) and indexes.s.

ISBN:

0761901507

0761901515

OCLC:

187451481