′Connects the best traditions of urban political theory with important new contributions on emerging themes. This completely revised second edition is an invaluable book for new students and established scholars. It is accessible, theoretically rich, and maps out an exciting and challenging research agenda. It will spend more time open and on the desk, than closed and on the bookshelf!′ - Professor Chris Skelcher, University of Birmingham′Many colleagues have told us that our edition of Theories of Urban Politics provided great insights and grounding to students and seasoned researchers alike. We are delighted that so able a successor has emerged. Those that study urban politics need to be challenged and inspired by theory and this book delivers a powerful update for urban scholars′ - David Judge, Gerry Stoker and Harold Wolman, Editors of the First Edition′This long-awaited sequel to the pioneering First Edition updates debates and developments through an excellent collection of entirely new essays contributed by some of the leading academics in the field. A special feature of the volume is that it links concerns in urban politics in North America and Europe. An excellent read′ - Professor David Wilson, De Montfort University

• Introduction: Urban Politics in the 21st Century - Jonathan S Davies and David l ImbroscioPART ONE: PROLOGUEWhy Study Urban Politics? - Peter JohnPART TWO: POWERThe History of Community Power - Alan HardingUrban Regime Analysis - Karen MossbergerMarxism and Urban Politics - Mike Geddes′Posty′ Urban Political Theory - Serena KatoakaPART THREE: GOVERNANCENew Institutionalism and Urban Politics - Vivien LowndesRegionalism and Urban Politics - Hank Savitch and Ron K VogelUrban Political Leadership - Steven Greasley and Gerry StokerGovernance and Urban Bureaucracy - Anne Mette KjaerGlobalization and Urbanism in the Non-Western World - Richard StrenPART FOUR: CITIZENSPoverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion - Mara S SidneyRace and Urban Political Theory - J Phillip ThompsonGender and Sexuality - Judith A GarberSocial Capital - Helen SullivanUrban Social Movements - Gordana RabrenovicPART FIVE: CHALLENGESWho is Governed? Local Citizens and the Political Order of Cities - Clarence N Stone

′Connects the best traditions of urban political theory with important new contributions on emerging themes. This completely revised second edition is an invaluable book for new students and established scholars. It is accessible, theoretically rich, and maps out an exciting and challenging research agenda. It will spend more time open and on the desk, than closed and on the bookshelf!′ - Professor Chris Skelcher, University of Birmingham′Many colleagues have told us that our edition of Theories of Urban Politics provided great insights and grounding to students and seasoned researchers alike. We are delighted that so able a successor has emerged. Those that study urban politics need to be challenged and inspired by theory and this book delivers a powerful update for urban scholars′ - David Judge, Gerry Stoker and Harold Wolman, Editors of the First Edition′This long-awaited sequel to the pioneering First Edition updates debates and developments through an excellent collection of entirely new essays contributed by some of the leading academics in the field. A special feature of the volume is that it links concerns in urban politics in North America and Europe. An excellent read′ - Professor David Wilson, De Montfort University

• Introduction: Urban Politics in the 21st Century - Jonathan S Davies and David l ImbroscioPART ONE: PROLOGUEWhy Study Urban Politics? - Peter JohnPART TWO: POWERThe History of Community Power - Alan HardingUrban Regime Analysis - Karen MossbergerMarxism and Urban Politics - Mike Geddes′Posty′ Urban Political Theory - Serena KatoakaPART THREE: GOVERNANCENew Institutionalism and Urban Politics - Vivien LowndesRegionalism and Urban Politics - Hank Savitch and Ron K VogelUrban Political Leadership - Steven Greasley and Gerry StokerGovernance and Urban Bureaucracy - Anne Mette KjaerGlobalization and Urbanism in the Non-Western World - Richard StrenPART FOUR: CITIZENSPoverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion - Mara S SidneyRace and Urban Political Theory - J Phillip ThompsonGender and Sexuality - Judith A GarberSocial Capital - Helen SullivanUrban Social Movements - Gordana RabrenovicPART FIVE: CHALLENGESWho is Governed? Local Citizens and the Political Order of Cities - Clarence N Stone