Myron A. Levine is Professor Emeritus in the Urban Affairs, Political Science, and Public Administration programs in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at Wright State University, USA. His writings have appeared in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and various other urban studies and political science journals. He is the editor of Taking Sides: Urban Affairs and of a number of volumes in the Annual Editions: Urban Society series. He has received Fulbright Foundation fellowships to study and teach in the Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, and the Slovak Republic, as well as an NEH award to study in France.Heywood T. Sanders is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His previous works include Convention Center Follies (2015), Urban Texas: Politics and Development (co-edited with Char Miller, 2000), and The Politics of Urban Development (co-edited with Clarence N. Stone, 1987). He has also published articles in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Economic Development Quarterly. The Brookings Institution published his Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy in 2005.

• 1 The Urban Situation: Global City, Tourist City, City Left Behind, Growing Tech City 2 The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs 3 A Suburban Nation 4 Recent Trends: Gentrification, Concentrated Poverty, and Globalization 5 Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Economic Development in Cities and Suburbs 6 Formal Powers, the Structure of Local Government, and Leadership 7 The Rules of Local Politics and Elections: The Reform and Post-Reform City 8 Citizen Participation 9 Improving Urban Services 10 Regional Cooperation and Governance in a Global Age 11 The Intergovernmental City: National and State Urban Policy 12 The Future of Urban America

“Urban Politics is an exceptionally well-researched handbook for progressive policy activists in the public and private sectors. Its value is in the depth of analysis, both positive and negative, into the factors affecting the future of urban America. The focus on power and its use historically provides a portal into the future for academics and all concerned about urban America. Its style and structure make Urban Politics an effective textbook for classroom use.”Minchin Lewis, Syracuse University, USA

Myron A. Levine is Professor Emeritus in the Urban Affairs, Political Science, and Public Administration programs in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at Wright State University, USA. His writings have appeared in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and various other urban studies and political science journals. He is the editor of Taking Sides: Urban Affairs and of a number of volumes in the Annual Editions: Urban Society series. He has received Fulbright Foundation fellowships to study and teach in the Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, and the Slovak Republic, as well as an NEH award to study in France.Heywood T. Sanders is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His previous works include Convention Center Follies (2015), Urban Texas: Politics and Development (co-edited with Char Miller, 2000), and The Politics of Urban Development (co-edited with Clarence N. Stone, 1987). He has also published articles in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Economic Development Quarterly. The Brookings Institution published his Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy in 2005.

• 1 The Urban Situation: Global City, Tourist City, City Left Behind, Growing Tech City 2 The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs 3 A Suburban Nation 4 Recent Trends: Gentrification, Concentrated Poverty, and Globalization 5 Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Economic Development in Cities and Suburbs 6 Formal Powers, the Structure of Local Government, and Leadership 7 The Rules of Local Politics and Elections: The Reform and Post-Reform City 8 Citizen Participation 9 Improving Urban Services 10 Regional Cooperation and Governance in a Global Age 11 The Intergovernmental City: National and State Urban Policy 12 The Future of Urban America

“Urban Politics is an exceptionally well-researched handbook for progressive policy activists in the public and private sectors. Its value is in the depth of analysis, both positive and negative, into the factors affecting the future of urban America. The focus on power and its use historically provides a portal into the future for academics and all concerned about urban America. Its style and structure make Urban Politics an effective textbook for classroom use.”Minchin Lewis, Syracuse University, USA

Myron A. Levine is Professor Emeritus in the Urban Affairs, Political Science, and Public Administration programs in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at Wright State University, USA. His writings have appeared in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and various other urban studies and political science journals. He is the editor of Taking Sides: Urban Affairs and of a number of volumes in the Annual Editions: Urban Society series. He has received Fulbright Foundation fellowships to study and teach in the Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, and the Slovak Republic, as well as an NEH award to study in France.Heywood T. Sanders is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His previous works include Convention Center Follies (2015), Urban Texas: Politics and Development (co-edited with Char Miller, 2000), and The Politics of Urban Development (co-edited with Clarence N. Stone, 1987). He has also published articles in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Economic Development Quarterly. The Brookings Institution published his Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy in 2005.

• 1 The Urban Situation: Global City, Tourist City, City Left Behind, Growing Tech City 2 The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs 3 A Suburban Nation 4 Recent Trends: Gentrification, Concentrated Poverty, and Globalization 5 Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Economic Development in Cities and Suburbs 6 Formal Powers, the Structure of Local Government, and Leadership 7 The Rules of Local Politics and Elections: The Reform and Post-Reform City 8 Citizen Participation 9 Improving Urban Services 10 Regional Cooperation and Governance in a Global Age 11 The Intergovernmental City: National and State Urban Policy 12 The Future of Urban America

“Urban Politics is an exceptionally well-researched handbook for progressive policy activists in the public and private sectors. Its value is in the depth of analysis, both positive and negative, into the factors affecting the future of urban America. The focus on power and its use historically provides a portal into the future for academics and all concerned about urban America. Its style and structure make Urban Politics an effective textbook for classroom use.”Minchin Lewis, Syracuse University, USA