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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Urban Ordering

1.1 Participation, Community Intermediaries, and Contracts

1.2 Institutional Change in Amsterdam, Hamburg And New York

1.3 Overview of The Book

Chapter 2: Research Strategy

2.1 Qualitative Strategy

2.2 Selection of Cities

2.3 Selection of Development Projects

2.4 Data Collection

2.5 Notes on Studying Contracts

Chapter 3: The Shifting of Orders

3.1 Planning Orders in Amsterdam

3.2 Planning Orders in Hamburg

3.2 Planning Orders in New York

3.4 Comparing Municipal Orders

3.5 Resistance from Below

Chapter 4: Institutional Contradictions and Change in Urban Politics

4.1 Institutional Contradictions

4.2 Moral Categories and Artefacts

4.3 Somewhere in Between the Private and the Public

4.4 From Rules to Enforcements

4.5 The Mechanics of Urban Politics

Chapter 5: Morals in the City: True Spokespersons and Principles

5.1 The City Planners Plan

5.2 Educating the Residents

5.3 The Residents Take Charge

5.4 The Moral Thread in Urban Politics

Chapter 6: Politics in the City: The Forming of Publics

6.1 Co-Option and Displacement

6.2 A Time for Compromise

6.3 The Political Thread in Urban Politics

Chapter 7: Law in the City: The Many Faces of Contracts

7.1 Neue Mitte Altona

7.2 Oostenburg-Noord

7.3 Kingsbridge Armory

7.4 Codifying Residents’ Principles

7.5 The Legal Thread In Urban Politics

Chapter 8: Conclusion

8.1 How Morals, Politics, And Law Shape Urban Politics

8.2 A New Register Gaining Traction

8.3 A Research Agenda

8.4 A Policy Agenda

Index