The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics is an authoritative volume on an established subject in political science and the academy more generally: urban politics and urban studies. The editors are all recognized experts, and are well connected to the leading scholars in urban politics. The handbook covers the major themes that animate the subfield: the politics of space and place; power and governance; urban policy; urban social organization; citizenship and democratic governance; representation and institutions; approaches and methodology; and the future of urban politics. Given the caliber of the editors and proposed contributors, the volume sets the intellectual agenda for years to come.

Ch. 1 - Introduction, Mossberger, Clarke and JohnPOWER AND PARTICIPATION IN URBAN POLITICSCh. 2 - Stone -PowerCh. 3 -Dowding and Feiock - Intra-local Competition and CooperationCh. 4 -Davies and Trounstine - Urban Politics and the New InstitutionalismCh. 5 - Peters and Pierre -Urban GovernanceCh. 6 - Clark & Krebs - Elections and Policy ResponsivenessCh. 7 - Kuebler and Pagano - Urban Politics as Multilevel GovernanceINSTITUTIONS AND DEMOCRATIC PRACTICECh. 8 - Goldsmith - Cities in Intergovernmental SystemsCh. 9 - Ejersbo and Svara - Bureacracy and Democracy in Local GovernmentCh. 10 - Wollman and Thurmaier - Reforming Local Government Institutions and the New Public ManagementCh. 11 - Copus et al. -Parties in CitiesCh. 12 - Heinelt - Local Democracy and CitizenshipCh. 13 - Horak and Blokland - Neighborhoods and Civic PracticeCh. 14 - Mayer and Boudreau - Social Movements in Urban Politics: Trends in Research and PracticePOLITICS AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF CITIESCh. 15 - Hero and Orr - Social CapitalCh. 16 - Marschall and Shah - The Centrality of Racial and Ethnic Politics in American Cities and TownsCh. 17 - Atkinson and Swanstrom - Poverty and Social ExclusionCh. 18 - McKenzie - Polarization and Enclaves in CitiesCh. 19 - Mollenkopf and Garbaye - The Politics of ImmigrationCh. 20 - Sharp and Browne - Cultural Conflicts, Religion, and Urban PoliticsURBAN POLICY: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURYCh. 21 - Wolman - What Cities Do: How Much Does Urban Politics Matter?Ch. 22 - Sapotichne and Jones - Setting City Agendas: Power and Policy ChangeCh. 23 - Kantor and Turok - The Politics of Urban Growth and DeclineCh. 24 - Garcia and Judd - Competitive CitiesCh. 25 - Body-Gendrot and Savitch - Urban Violence in the United States and France: Comparing Los Angeles (1992) and Paris (2005)Ch. 26 - Keil and Whitehead - Cities and the Politics of SustainabilityEMERGING RESEARCH AGENDASCh. 27 - Campbell and Fainstein - Justice, Urban Politics, and PolicyCh. 28 - Stren - Cities and Politics in the Developing World: Why Decentralization MattersCh. 29 - Baldersheim and Kerstig - The Wired CityCh. 30 - Oliver - Suburban PoliticsCh. 31 - LeFevre and Weir - Building Metropolitan InstitutionsCh. 32 - Conclusion - Clarke