Urban Affairs Review
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Editors
Susan E. Clarke
University of Colorado, Boulder
Michael A. Pagano
University of Illinois at Chicago
Book Review Editor
University of New Mexico
Managing Editor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Sponsored by The Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago photo courtesy of www.windycityart.com
Current Issue: May 2009
Mad Cows, Regional Governance, and Urban Sprawl: Path Dependence and Unintended Consequences in the Calgary Region, by Geoff Ghitter and Alan Smart
Race, Retrospective Voting, and Disasters: The Re-Election of C. Ray Nagin Ater Hurricane Katrina, by J. Celeste Lay
Mobilization on the Waterfront: The Ideological/Cultural Roots of Potential Regime Change in Philadelphia , by Stephen J. McGovern
Urban Colloquy
Look Back in Anger? : Voter Opinions of Mexican Immigrants in the Aftermath of the 2006 Immigration Demonstrations, by Mara Cohen-Marks, Gabriel R. Sanchez, and Stephen A. Nuño
Latino Mobilization in New Immigrant Destinations: The Anti–H.R. 4437 Protest in Nebraska's Cities, by Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Louis DeSipio, and Celeste Montoya
Mobilization, Participation, and Solidaridad: Latino Participation in the 2006 Immigration Protest Rallies, by Matt A. Barreto, Sylvia Manzano, Ricardo Ramirez, and Kathy Rim
Upcoming Issue: July 2009
The Effect of Density Zoning on Racial Segregation in U.S. Urban Areas, by Douglas S. Massey and Jonathan Rothwell
Shifting and Shirking: Political Appointments for Contracting Out Services in Israeli Local Government, by Rotem Bresler-Gonen and Keith Dowding
Community Organizations and Local Governance in a Metropolitan Region, by Jean-Marc Fontan, Pierre Hamel, Richard Morin, and Eric Shragge
Police Relations with Black and White Youths in Different Urban Neighborhoods, by Rod K. Brunson and Ronald Weitzer
A Duration Model for the Estimation of the Contracting Out of Urban Water Management in Southern Spain , by Jorge Guardiola and Francisco Gonzales-Gomez
Book Review: Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics, by Peter F. Burns, reviewed by Wilbur C. Rich
Book Review: Citizen Lobbyists: Local Efforts to Influence Public Policy, by Brian E. Adams, reviewed by Robert F. Pecorella
Book Review: School Reform, Corporate Style, Chicago , 1880–2000, by Dorothy Shipps, reviewed by William J. Grimshaw
Special Sections:
Urban Colloquy
Urban Colloquy features brief, engaging, and timely essays on contemporary urban issues and emerging intellectual debates. By drawing on UAR Board Members and reviewers, we can promise an expedited peer-review process and publication schedule. We invite UAR readers to take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on our times and the role of urban scholarship.
New Directions
New Directions is a section in the Urban Affairs Review that features peer-reviewed articles that use innovative research strategies to address important theoretical and empirical issues. By highlighting a full range of methodological approaches, we hope to encourage urban scholars to move beyond the quantitative debates, conventional case study versus large N orientations, and applied versus basic research. Although reviewers will continue to critically examine the logic of inquiry, the rigor of the analyses, and the unique contributions of each article, they are also being asked to assess innovative and interesting methodological strategies. We invite UAR readers to submit manuscripts that will contribute to the theoretical and methodological diversity of the journal.