Handbook of Urban Politics and Policy

Edited by Ronald K. Vogel, Department of Politics & Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Contents:

Preface xiii
1 The field of urban politics 1
Ronald K. Vogel

PART I THEORIES AND METHODS
2 Urban theory and critical perspectives 14
Julie-Anne Boudreau
3 Comparative urban politics and the global south 28
Yue Zhang
4 Urban policy process and policy analysis 45
David Kaufmann and Mara Sidney
5 Urban policy: the limits of scientific reason 62
David Imbroscio

PART II CONCEPTS AND TRENDS
6 The metropolis and the suburbs 74
Thomas J. Vicino and Robert Harrison Voigt
7 City and globalization 91
Eleonora Pasotti
8 Neoliberalism and the city 108
Timothy P. R. Weaver
9 Power and urban governance 124
Jonathan S. Davies, Mark Roberts, and Simone Vegliò
10 The right to the city 141
Margaret Kohn

PART III INTERSECTIONALITY
11 Race, class, and urban politics in the United States 156
Michael Javen Fortner and Liann Bielicki
12 Gendered and feminist interventions into the urban 180
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois
13 Politically (im)perfectable: LGBTQ+ urban policies and politics 197
Julie A. Podmore and Alison L. Bain
14 Indigenous cities, politics, and policies in Canada 214
Julie Tomiak
15 Immigrants and urban politics and policy 224
Els de Graauw

PART IV GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS
16 Urban government 240
Madeleine Pill
17 The complexities of managing urban space 255
Ashley E. Nickels and Amanda D. Clark
18 Neighborhood governance 269
Brady Collins
19 The role of participation in global/world cities 286
Maureen M. Donaghy
20 Urban social movements in the early 21st century 300
Louise Jezierski

PART V DEVELOPMENT
21 Urban political economy 320
Andrea Pollio and Ugo Rossi
22 Economic development: from growth to degrowth 337
Matthew Thompson
23 Urban development – an ever-evolving concept – process, outcomes
and methods 355
Jill Simone Gross
24 Arts and culture in the city: unveiling cultural policy mechanisms 368
Eleonora Redaelli
25 Cities and technology 383
Genie Stowers

PART VI PROBLEMS AND POLICY
26 National urban politics and policy: between local, national, and global 405
Daniel Pejic, Amelia Leavesley, Tadashi Matsumoto and Michele Acuto
27 Housing policy 421
Martine August
28 Urban poverty: a critical perspective 437
Zachary D. Wood and Prentiss Dantzler
29 Urban climate change policy and politics 451
Sara Hughes and Yuer Wang
30 Education and urban politics 465
Domingo Morel
31 Crime, punishment, and urban criminal justice systems in the United States 480
Michael Javen Fortner and Cameron Stevens
32 The politics of urban transport 504
Rosalie Singerman Ray
33 Pandemics, cities, and health policy 523
Roger Keil
34 Age friendly cities 539
Meghan Joy