Introduction
Part1:The Social and Economic Context of Urban Politics A Top 10 List of Things to Know About American CitiesElvin K. Wyly, Norman J. Glickman, and Michael L. Lahr. Poverty, Social Rights, and the Politics of Place in the United States Margaret Weir. Overview and Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization Saskia Sassen. Social Polarisation, Economic Restructuring and Welfare State Regimes Chris R. Hamnett
Part2:The Roots of Urban Politics Tammany Hall and the Democracy Richard Croker. The Ward Organizations Milton Rakove. Why Political Machines have not Withered Away and Other Revisionist Thoughts Raymond E. Wolfinger. Writing the Rules to Win the Game: The Middle-Class Regimes of Municipal Reformers Amy Bridges and Richard Kronick. Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (Non) Incorporation of ImmigrantsMichael Jones-Correa
Part3:Understanding Urban Power How to Study Urban Political Power John H. Mollenkopf. Who Governs? Robert A. Dahl. The Interests of the Limited CityPaul E. Peterson. Looking Back to Look Forward: Reflections on Urban Regime Analysis Clarence Stone. In Search of the Growth Coalition: American Urban Theories and the Redevelopment of Berlin Elizabeth Strom
Part4:The Political Economy of Cities and Communities The Postwar Politics of Urban Development John Mollenkopf. The Political Economy of Urban Fiscal Crises Martin Shefter.The Political Economy of Urban Regimes H.V. Savitch, Paul Kantor, and Selena Vicari.Congress Threatens to Leave D.C. Unless New Capitol is Built 'The Onion' Community Empowerment Strategies: The Limits and Potential of Organizing in Low Income Neighborhoods Peter Dreier. Gender, Development and Urban Social Change: Women’s Community Action in Global Cities Amy Lind Part5:The Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Gender Has Political Incorporation Been Achieved?: Is it Enough? Rufus P. Browning, Dale Rogers Marshall, and David H. Tabb. Demobilization in the New Black Political Regime: Ideological Capitulation and Radical Failure in the Post-Segregation Era Adolph Reed. Black, White and Blurred Rob Gurwit. Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women and the Turn to Electoral Politics Michael Jones-Correa. Ethnic Stability and Urban Reconstruction: Policy Dilemmas in Polarized Cities Scott Bollens Part6: Cities, Regions and Nations Swimming against the Tide: A Brief History of Federal Policy in Poor Communities Alice O’Connor. The Urban Electorate in Presidential Elections Richard Sauerkopf and Todd Swanstrom. Urban Sacrifice Buzz Bissinger. Regionalisms Old and New Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf and Todd Swanstrom.Are Europe’s Cities Better? Pietro Nivola.The American City in the Age of Terror Peter Eisinger. A Progressive Agenda for Metropolitan America Bruce Katz