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Urban regime theory has gained a dominant position in the literature on local politics in the United States and its use in comparative cross-national research despite its cited shortcomings. In Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory, editor Mickey Lauria presents a challenging argument for the need to reconceptualize urban regime's middle-level abstraction by interpreting it through the lens of the higher-level abstraction of regulationist theory. The noted contributors to this volume propose stronger conceptual linkages between local agents and institutions, regime transformation, and the restructuring of urban space. The blend of empirical and case-study chapters provide an excellent mix of theory and practice that makes Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory well suited to a broad spectrum of upper-level undergraduate courses covering urban studies, political science, sociology, and geography as well as a rich resource for academics and researchers in these fields.
Cleveland: The “Comeback” City: The Politics of Redevelopment and Sports Stadiums Amidst Urban Decline
Cleveland: The “Comeback” City: The Politics of Redevelopment and Sports Stadiums Amidst Urban Decline
Cleveland, Ohio, has called itself and been hailed as “the comeback city” (Peterson, 1995). This reflects the economic, social, and population decline of this “rustbelt” city from the 1950s through the 1980s. The burning of the polluted Cuyahoga River in 1969, celebrated in song and jokes, made Cleveland into the “mistake by the lake.”
Major downtown redevelopment projects such as office, retail and hotel developments, the renaissance of Cleveland's Flats (formerly the heart of its port and industrial valley), and such “blockbuster” projects as the Gateway sports complex opened in 1994 and the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
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