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: November 2009
Annexation, Local Government Spending, and the Complicating Role of Density, by Mary M. Edwards, Yu Xiao
“Blighted” to “Historic”: Race, Economic Development, and Historic Preservation in San Diego , California , by Leland T. Saito
Distinct Patterns of Organized and Elected Representation of Racial and Ethnic Groups, by Sarah Reckhow
Local Political Institutions and Smart Growth: An Empirical Study of the Politics of Compact Development, by Edgar E. Ramirez de la Cruz
What Does Sustainability Mean to City Officials?, by Eric S. Zeemering
Research Note
Revisiting Black Incorporation and Local Political Participation, by Lester K. Spence, Harwood K. McClerking, Robert Brown
Book Reviews
Bureaus of Efficiency: Reforming Local Government in the Progressive Era, by Mordecai Lee, reviewed by Carmine Scavo
David Dinkins and New York City Politics: Race, Images, and the Media, by Wilbur C. Rich, reviewed by Karen M. Kaufmann
Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and Priorities , by Nicholas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky (eds.), reviewed by David P. Varady
Cities in a Time of Terror: Space, Territory, and Local Resilience, by H. V. Savitch, reviewed by Dipak K. Gupta
Upcoming Issue: January 2010
"Community" in Mixed-Income Developments: Assumptions, Approaches, and Early Experiences, by Robert J. Chaskin and Mark L. Joseph
The Evolution of Citizenship in a Divided Urban Community: Local Citizen Engagement in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by R. Allen Hays
Gender Differences in Willingness to Pay for Urban Public Services, by Nicholas O. Alozie and Catherine McNamara
Urban Managers and Public Policy: Do Institutional Arrangements Influence Decisions to Initiate Policy?, by Timothy B. Krebs and John P. Pelissero
Research Note
Crafting Urban Policy: The Conditions of Public Support for Urban Policy Initiatives, by Eric D. Lawrence, Robert Stoker and Hal Wolman
Book Reviews
Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer, by Wendell E. Pritchett, reviewed by W. Dennis Keating
Authentic New Orleans: Tourism, Culture, and Race in the Big Easy, by Kevin Fox Gotham, reviewed by Dennis Judd
Model City Blues: Urban Space and Organized Resistance in New Haven, by Mandi Isaacs Jackson, reviewed by Peter Eisinger
The Perils of Federalism: Race, Poverty, and the Politics of Crime Control by Lisa L. Miller, reviewed by Charles C. Turner
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.