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.
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Introduction – Mickey Lauria
Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory
PART ONE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE REGULATION OF URBAN REGIMES
Concrete Research, Urban Regimes, and Regulation Theory – Mark Goodwin and Joe Painter
Spatial Structures of Regulation and Urban Regimes – Marshall M A Feldman
A Neo-Gramscian Approach to the Regulation of Urban Regimes – Bob Jessop
Accumulation Strategies, Hegemonic Projects, and Governance
PART TWO: RECONSTRUCTING URBAN REGIME ABSTRACTIONS
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
PART THREE: CONCRETE RESEARCH: REGULATING URBAN POLITICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Coalition, Market and State – Cynthia Horan
Postwar Development Politics in Boston
City Planning and the Postwar Regime in Philadelphia – Robert A Beauregard
Cleveland the `Comeback City′ – W Dennis Keating
The Politics of Redevelopment and Sports Stadiums amidst Decline
Regulating Suburban Politics – Andrew E G Jonas
`Suburban-Defense Transition′, Institutional Capacities, and Territorial Reorganization in Southern California
PART FOUR: REGULATING URBAN REGIMES
Regulating Urban Regimes – Mickey Lauria
Reconstruction or Impasse
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