American Urban Politics in a Global Age

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. The eighth edition of this well-rounded and popular urban politics reader maintains the wide variety of reading selections it is known for, as well as many "classics," while adapting to current events and developments in urban politics, and engaging cities in a post-pandemic world. All-new readings and important editorial commentary include: - Recent political debates about policing, race, and ethnicity in the urban environment - The impact of climate change on cities, and their roles in mitigating it, as well as preparing for it - A discussion of gender politics in post-Trump American cities - A reflection on the increasing importance of private players in city- and metro-politics, from implications for governance, to the growing corporate aspect of smart city initiatives, designed to help urban governments provide important services across cities and metropolitan regions; and - An examination of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on cities, from the initial, devastating outbreak in New York City in March 2020, to recurring shutdowns, life, urban development, and social polarization post-COVID American Urban Politics in a Global Age remains an approachable scholarly resource for undergraduate and graduate classrooms, as well as a general, wide-ranging scholarly overview of the most important aspects of the field for researchers. It may be taught alongside City Politics: Cities and Suburbs in 21st Century America.

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.

Preface Editors' 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 Trounstine Selection 2 The Interests of the Limited City Paul E. Peterson Selection 3 The Future of Urban Regime Studies Clarence N. Stone Selection 4 Why History (Still) Matters: Joel Rast 2. 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. Reese Selection 6 Can Politicians Bargain with Business? Paul Kantor and H. V. Savitch Selection 7 "Re-Stating" Theories of Urban Development James M. Smith 3. Public Power and Private Influence in Contemporary Cities Editors' Introduction Selection 8 The Mauling of Public Space Margaret Kohn Selection 9 Beyond Community and Sharing: The Case of Airbnb in New York City Katharina Knaus and Peer Illner Selection 10 What Are Charter Schools and Do They Deliver? Jon Valant 4. Governing Factional Polities in America's Urban Centers Editors' Introduction Selection 11 Immigrants and Politics in San Francisco Els de Graauw Selection 12 White Power, Black Brokers Mary Pattillo Selection 13 A Descriptive Analysis of Female Mayors: The U.S. and Texas in Comparative Perspective Melissa Marschall 5. Urban Resilience, Sustainability, and Climate Change Editors' Introduction Selection 14 Is Detroit Dead? Peter Eisinger Selection 15 Do-It-Yourself Cities Kimberley Kinder Selection 16 Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us Eric Dean Wilson Selection 17 A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake: The Climate Crisis Haunts Chicago's Future Dan Egan Selection 18 Civil Society and Sustainable Cities Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey Berry 6. Governance, Gentrification, and Neighborhoods Editors' Introduction Selection 19 What is Wrong with Gentrification? Margaret Kohn Selection 20 Gentrifier? Who, Me? Interrogating the Gentrifier in the Mirror John Joe Schlichtman and Jason Patch 7. The Year 2020 and Its Aftermath Editors' Introduction Selection 21 The Epicenter Dan Barry, Annie Correal and Todd Heisler Selection 22 Structurally Vulnerable Neighborhood Environments and Racial/Ethnic COVID-19 Inequities Rachel L. Berkowitz, Xing Gao, Eli K. Michaels and Mahasin S. Mujahid Selection 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 Bonds 8. Cities in Control? Editors' Introduction Selection 25 5 Ways Cities Led in Pandemic Recovery Lindsey Volz Selection 26 New Data Reveal Most Populous Cities Experienced Some of the Largest Decreases Amel Toukabri and Crystal Delbé Selection 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