Karen Mossberger is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago; Peter John is Hallsworth Chair of Governance and Director of the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester; and Susan Clarke is Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado

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• Ch. 1 - Introduction, Mossberger, Clarke and John ; POWER AND PARTICIPATION IN URBAN POLITICS ; Ch. 2 - Stone -Power ; Ch. 3 -Dowding and Feiock - Intra-local Competition and Cooperation ; Ch. 4 -Davies and Trounstine - Urban Politics and the New Institutionalism ; Ch. 5 - Peters and Pierre -Urban Governance ; Ch. 6 - Clark & Krebs - Elections and Policy Responsiveness ; Ch. 7 - Kuebler and Pagano - Urban Politics as Multilevel Governance ; INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE ; Ch. 8 - Goldsmith - Cities in Intergovernmental Systems ; Ch. 9 - Ejersbo and Svara - Bureacracy and Democracy in Local Government ; Ch. 10 - Wollman and Thurmaier - Reforming Local Government Institutions and the New Public Management ; Ch. 11 - Copus et al. -Parties in Cities ; Ch. 12 - Heinelt - Local Democracy and Citizenship ; Ch. 13 - Horak and Blokland - Neighborhoods and Civic Practice ; Ch. 14 - Mayer and Boudreau - Social Movements in Urban Politics: Trends in Research and Practice ; POLITICS AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CITIES ; Ch. 15 - Hero and Orr - Social Capital ; Ch. 16 - Marschall and Shah - The Centrality of Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Cities and Towns ; Ch. 17 - Atkinson and Swanstrom - Poverty and Social Exclusion ; Ch. 18 - McKenzie - Polarization and Enclaves in Cities ; Ch. 19 - Mollenkopf and Garbaye - The Politics of Immigration ; Ch. 20 - Sharp and Browne - Cultural Conflicts, Religion, and Urban Politics ; URBAN POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ; Ch. 21 - Wolman - What Cities Do: How Much Does Urban Politics Matter? ; Ch. 22 - Sapotichne and Jones - Setting City Agendas: Power and Policy Change ; Ch. 23 - Kantor and Turok - The Politics of Urban Growth and Decline ; Ch. 24 - Garcia and Judd - Competitive Cities ; Ch. 25 - Body-Gendrot and Savitch - Urban Violence in the United States and France: Comparing Los Angeles (1992) and Paris (2005) ; Ch. 26 - Keil and Whitehead - Cities and the Politics of Sustainability ; EMERGING RESEARCH AGENDAS ; Ch. 27 - Campbell and Fainstein - Justice, Urban Politics, and Policy ; Ch. 28 - Stren - Cities and Politics in the Developing World: Why Decentralization Matters ; Ch. 29 - Baldersheim and Kerstig - The Wired City ; Ch. 30 - Oliver - Suburban Politics ; Ch. 31 - LeFevre and Weir - Building Metropolitan Institutions ; Ch. 32 - Conclusion - Clarke

Karen Mossberger is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago; Peter John is Hallsworth Chair of Governance and Director of the Institute for Political and Economic Governance at the University of Manchester; and Susan Clarke is Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado

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• Ch. 1 - Introduction, Mossberger, Clarke and John ; POWER AND PARTICIPATION IN URBAN POLITICS ; Ch. 2 - Stone -Power ; Ch. 3 -Dowding and Feiock - Intra-local Competition and Cooperation ; Ch. 4 -Davies and Trounstine - Urban Politics and the New Institutionalism ; Ch. 5 - Peters and Pierre -Urban Governance ; Ch. 6 - Clark & Krebs - Elections and Policy Responsiveness ; Ch. 7 - Kuebler and Pagano - Urban Politics as Multilevel Governance ; INSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE ; Ch. 8 - Goldsmith - Cities in Intergovernmental Systems ; Ch. 9 - Ejersbo and Svara - Bureacracy and Democracy in Local Government ; Ch. 10 - Wollman and Thurmaier - Reforming Local Government Institutions and the New Public Management ; Ch. 11 - Copus et al. -Parties in Cities ; Ch. 12 - Heinelt - Local Democracy and Citizenship ; Ch. 13 - Horak and Blokland - Neighborhoods and Civic Practice ; Ch. 14 - Mayer and Boudreau - Social Movements in Urban Politics: Trends in Research and Practice ; POLITICS AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CITIES ; Ch. 15 - Hero and Orr - Social Capital ; Ch. 16 - Marschall and Shah - The Centrality of Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Cities and Towns ; Ch. 17 - Atkinson and Swanstrom - Poverty and Social Exclusion ; Ch. 18 - McKenzie - Polarization and Enclaves in Cities ; Ch. 19 - Mollenkopf and Garbaye - The Politics of Immigration ; Ch. 20 - Sharp and Browne - Cultural Conflicts, Religion, and Urban Politics ; URBAN POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ; Ch. 21 - Wolman - What Cities Do: How Much Does Urban Politics Matter? ; Ch. 22 - Sapotichne and Jones - Setting City Agendas: Power and Policy Change ; Ch. 23 - Kantor and Turok - The Politics of Urban Growth and Decline ; Ch. 24 - Garcia and Judd - Competitive Cities ; Ch. 25 - Body-Gendrot and Savitch - Urban Violence in the United States and France: Comparing Los Angeles (1992) and Paris (2005) ; Ch. 26 - Keil and Whitehead - Cities and the Politics of Sustainability ; EMERGING RESEARCH AGENDAS ; Ch. 27 - Campbell and Fainstein - Justice, Urban Politics, and Policy ; Ch. 28 - Stren - Cities and Politics in the Developing World: Why Decentralization Matters ; Ch. 29 - Baldersheim and Kerstig - The Wired City ; Ch. 30 - Oliver - Suburban Politics ; Ch. 31 - LeFevre and Weir - Building Metropolitan Institutions ; Ch. 32 - Conclusion - Clarke