1 . The Urban Situation and 9/11. 2. The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs. 3. Recent Trends: Gentrification and Globalization. 4. Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Urban Regimes.
5. Formal Structure and Leadership Style. 6. Machine Politics. 7. Reform Politics. 8. Citizen Participation and Decentralization.
9. Urban Bureaucracy and Service Delivery. 10. Women and the Gendered City, by Robyne S. Turner. 11. Suburban Politics and Metropolitan America. 12.
The Politics of Metropolitan Government. 13. The Politics of Regional Cooperation. 14. National and State Policy Toward Cities. 15. Financing Urban America. 16.
The Future of Urban America.