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Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics in a Global Age provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture, and identity of American cities.
List of contents
PrefaceEditors¿ Introductory Essay
1. The Pillars of American Urban Scholarship in a Global Age
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 1 All Politics is Local: The Reemergence of the Study of City Politics
Jessica TrounstineSelection 2 The Interests of the Limited City
Paul E. PetersonSelection 3 The Future of Urban Regime Studies
Clarence N. StoneSelection 4 Why History (Still) Matters:
Joel Rast2. The Politics of Urban Economic Development in a New Era
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 5 Techs and the Cities: A New Economic Development Paradigm?
Gary Sands, Pierre Filion and Laura A. ReeseSelection 6 Can Politicians Bargain with Business?
Paul Kantor and H. V. SavitchSelection 7 ¿Re-Stating¿ Theories of Urban Development
James M. Smith3. Public Power and Private Influence in Contemporary Cities
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 8 The Mauling of Public Space
Margaret KohnSelection 9 Beyond Community and Sharing: The Case of Airbnb in New York City
Katharina Knaus and Peer IllnerSelection 10 What Are Charter Schools and Do They Deliver?
Jon Valant4. Governing Factional Polities in Americäs Urban Centers
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 11 Immigrants and Politics in San Francisco
Els de GraauwSelection 12 White Power, Black Brokers
Mary PattilloSelection 13 A Descriptive Analysis of Female Mayors: The U.S. and Texas in Comparative Perspective
Melissa Marschall5. Urban Resilience, Sustainability, and Climate Change
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 14 Is Detroit Dead?
Peter EisingerSelection 15 Do-It-Yourself Cities
Kimberley KinderSelection 16 Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us
Eric Dean WilsonSelection 17 A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake: The Climate Crisis Haunts Chicago¿s Future
Dan EganSelection 18 Civil Society and Sustainable Cities
Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey Berry6. Governance, Gentrification, and Neighborhoods
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 19 What is Wrong with Gentrification?
Margaret KohnSelection 20 Gentrifier? Who, Me? Interrogating the Gentrifier in the Mirror
John Joe Schlichtman and Jason Patch7. The Year 2020 and Its Aftermath
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 21 The Epicenter
Dan Barry, Annie Correal and Todd HeislerSelection 22 Structurally Vulnerable Neighborhood Environments and Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Inequities
Rachel L. Berkowitz, Xing Gao, Eli K. Michaels and Mahasin S. MujahidSelection 23 COVID-19 Cases in New York City, a Neighborhood-Level Analysis
The Stoop, NYU Furman Center Blog
Selection 24 Where Do Black Lives Matter? Race, stigma, and place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jenna M Loyd and Anne Bonds8. Cities in Control?
Editors¿ Introduction
Selection 25 5 Ways Cities Led in Pandemic Recovery
Lindsey VolzSelection 26 New Data Reveal Most Populous Cities Experienced Some of the Largest Decreases
Amel Toukabri and Crystal DelbéSelection 27 Big Cities Aren¿t Dividing America. They Hold the Key to Our Collective Future
Selection 28 If Mayors Ruled the World: Why They Should and How They Already Do
Benjamin R. Barber
About the author
Annika Marlen Hinze is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of Urban Studies at Fordham University, USA. Her research and teaching focus on urban politics, identity politics, immigration, qualitative and mixed methods research, and gender politics in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Turkey.
James M. Smith is an Associate Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Master of Public Affairs program at Indiana University South Bend, USA. His research focuses on urban governance and institutions in U.S. cities, and he teaches courses in the Political Science Department focused on American political institutions, and in the Master of Public Affairs program on urban planning and public policy.
Summary
Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics in a Global Age provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture, and identity of American cities.
