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Part 1. The Social And Economic Context Of Urban Politics: A Top 10 List Of Things To Know About American Cities / Elvin K. Wyly, Norman J. Glickman, And Michael L. Lahr -- Poverty, Social Rights, And The Politics Of Place In The United States / Margaret Weir -- Overview And Economic Restructuring As Class And Spatial Polarization / Saskia Sassen -- Social Polarisation, Economic Restructuring And Welfare State Regimes / Chris R. Hamnett. -- Part 2. The Roots Of Urban Politics: Tammany Hall And The Democracy / Richard Croker -- The Ward Organizations / Milton Rakove -- Writing The Rules To Win The Game: The Middle-class Regimes Of Municipal Reformers / Amy Bridges And Richard Kronick -- Why Political Machines Have Not Withered Away And Other Revisionist Thoughts / Raymond E. Wolfinger -- Resistance From Outside: Machine Politics And The (non) Incorporation Of Immigrants / Michael Jones-correa. -- Part 3. Understanding Urban Power: How To Study Urban Political Power / John H. Mollenkopf -- Who Governs? / Robert A. Dahl -- The Interests Of The Limited City / Paul E. Peterson -- Looking Back To Look Forward: Reflections On Urban Regime Analysis / Clarence N. Stone -- In Search Of The Growth Coalition: American Urban Theories And The Redevelopment Of Berlin / Elizabeth Strom. -- Part 4. The Political Economy Of Cities And Communities: The Postwar Politics Of Urban Development / John Mollenkopf. -- The Political Economy Of Urban Fiscal Crises / Martin Shefter -- The Political Economy Of Urban Regimes / H.v. Savitch, Paul Kantor, And Selena Vicari -- Congress Threatens To Leave D.c. Unless New Capitol Is Built / The Onion -- Community Empowerment Strategies: The Limits And Potential Of Organizing In Low Income Neighborhoods / Peter Dreier -- Gender, Development And Urban Social Change: Women's Community Action In Global Cities / Amy Lind. Part 5. The Politics Of Race, Ethnicity And Gender: Can People Of Color Achieve Equality In City Government? The Setting And The Issues / Rufus P. Browning, Dale Rogers Marshall, And David H. Tabb -- Demobilization In The New Black Political Regime: Ideological Capitulation And Radical Failure In The Post-segregation Era / Adolph Reed Jr. -- Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women And The Turn To Electoral Politics / Michael Jones-correa -- Black, White And Blurred / Rob Gurwitt -- Ethnic Stability And Urban Reconstruction: Policy Dilemmas In Polarized Cities / Scott A. Bollens. -- Part 6. Cities, Regions And Nations: Swimming Against The Tide: A Brief History Of Federal Policy In Poor Communities / Alice O'connor -- The Urban Electorate In Presidential Elections / Richard Sauerkopf And Todd Swanstrom -- Urban Sacrifice / Buzz Bissinger -- Regionalisms Old And New / Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf And Todd Swanstrom -- Are Europe's Cities Better / Pietro Nivola -- The American City In The Age Of Terror: A Preliminary Assessment Of Effects Of September 11 / Peter Eisinger -- A Progressive Agenda For Metropolitan America / Bruce Katz. Edited By Elizabeth A. Strom And John H. Mollenkopf. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.