Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory: Regulating Urban Politics in a Global Economy / Edition 1

by Mickey Lauria

Overview

Providing a robust conceptual framework, urban regime theory has - despite its cited shortcomings - gained a dominant position in the literature on local politics, in addition to its recent use in contexts outside the United States and in comparative cross-national research. Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory presents a challenging argument for the need to reconceptualize urban regime's middle level abstractions by interpreting it through the higher level abstractions of regulationist theory. The contributors propose stronger conceptual linkages between local agents and institutions, regime transformation, and the restructuring of urban space. The blend of empirical and case study provides an excellent mix of theory and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761901518
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/11/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

Table of Contents

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