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Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal of urban politics and policy. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/

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Urban Affairs Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of urban studies, including urban policy, urban economic development, and residential and community development. The journal's editors-in-chief are Richardson Dilworth, Maureen Donaghy, Christina Greer, Mara Sidney, Timothy Weaver, and Yue Zhang. It was established in 1965 as Urban Affairs Quarterly and obtained its current title in 1996. It is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. .. more

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👇Keep an eye on this space! Every day, we will be posting an article from the UAR archive that will be OPEN ACCESS! Stay tuned...

"Trends in the Study of Urban Politics: A Paradigmatic View" by Clarence N. Stone, UAR 53(1), 2017.
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ANOTHER new episode of UAR Remixed is live! Listen to our conversation with Nyron Crawford, author of “Marked Men: Black Politicians and the Racialization of Scandal” from @nyupress.bsky.social

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New Books: Marked Men: Black Politicians and the Racialization of Scandal, by Nyron Crawford — Urban Affairs Review
In this episode, we’re speaking with Nyron Crawford, author of Marked Men: Black Politicians and the Racialization of Scandal, published in 2024 by NYU Press. Marked Men complicates the common per...
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"Ignorance Is Bliss: Information Sources and Attitudes About School Choices in New Orleans" by J. Celeste Lay, UAR 52(6), 2016.
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"The Formation of Business Improvement Districts in Low-Income Immigrant Neighborhoods of Los Angeles" by Wonhyung Lee, UAR 52(6), 2016.
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"Extension of State-Led Growth Coalition and Grassroots Management: A Case Study of Shanghai" by Xiaoyi Sun and Ronggui Huang, UAR 52(6), 2016.
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"The End of American Urban Policy—Or a Beginning" by Paul Kantor, UAR 52(6), 2016.
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"Emergency Management 2.0: This Time, It’s Financial" by David Oliver Kasdan, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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GUS Director Mara Sidney and co-editor David Kaufmann's book Global Urban Policy: A Framework for Analyzing State and Society will be published by U of Michigan Press in Mar 2026. The cover features a photo by Claudia Sinatra. Learn more at: press.umich.edu/Books/G/Glob...
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Cities are active policy innovators of global importance, whether responding to climate change, migration, poverty, or health disparities, or aiming to generate growth. Since cities adapt to the needs...
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"The Everyday Emergency: Planning and Democracy Under Austerity Regimes" by Carolyn G. Loh, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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"Institutional- and Individual-Level Influences on Service Representation and Casework in Canadian Cities" by Royce Koop, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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🚨NEW on UAR Remixed! Listen to our interview with Laureen Hom, author of "The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles" from @ucpress.bsky.social

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New Books: The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles, by Laureen Hom — Urban Affairs Review
Tune in for our conversation with Laureen Hom, author of The Power of Chinatown: Searching for Spatial Justice in Los Angeles, published in 2024 by University of California Press. In The Power of C...
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"The Rise of Wage Theft Laws: Can Community–Labor Coalitions Win Victories in State Houses?" by Marc Doussard and Ahmad Gamal, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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"“Us Up Here and Them Down There”: How Design, Management, and Neighborhood Facilities Shape Social Distance in a Mixed-Tenure Housing Development," by Anouk K. Tersteeg and Fenne M. Pinkster, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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"Neighborhood Revitalization and the Anchor Institution: Assessing the Impact of the University of Pennsylvania’s West Philadelphia Initiatives on University City" by Meagan M. Ehlenz, UAR 52(5), 2016.

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"Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts” by Soomi Lee, Dongwon Lee, and Thomas E. Borcherding, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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"Ideas and Collaborative Governance: A Discursive Localism Approach” by Neil Bradford, UAR 52(5), 2016.
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"Straight, No Chaser: Theory, History, and the Muting of the Urban State” by Michael Javen Fortner, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"Leveraging Public Land Development Initiatives for Private Gain: The Political Economy of Vacant Land Speculation in Phoenix, Arizona” by Benjamin W. Stanley, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"Connecting Across the Divides of Race/Ethnicity: How Does Segregation Matter?” by Joseph Gibbons and Tse-Chuan Yang, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"Gender, Political Rhetoric, and Moral Metaphors in State of the City Addresses” by Mirya R. Holman, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"Housing Choice Voucher Holders and Neighborhood Crime: A Dynamic Panel Analysis from Chicago” by Leah Hendey, George Galster, Susan J. Popkin, and Chris Hayes, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"A Strategic Framework for Building Civic Capacity” by Stephen Page, UAR 52(4), 2016.
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"Housing and Household Instability” by Matthew Desmond and Kristin L. Perkins, UAR 52(3), 2016.
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"Reconceiving Military Base Redevelopment: Land Use on Mothballed U.S. Bases” by Amanda Johnson Ashley and Michael Touchton, UAR 52(3), 2016.

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"The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment in Danish Municipalities” by Søren Kjær Foged, UAR 52(3), 2016.
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"Explaining “Power to”: Incubation and Agenda Building in an Urban Regime” by Stefania Ravazzi and Silvano Belligni, UAR 52(3), 2016.
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"Assisted Housing and Neighborhood Poverty Dynamics, 1977 to 2008” by Ann Owens, UAR 52(3), 2016.
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"Impacts of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program on Neighborhood Housing Turnover” by Ayoung Woo, Kenneth Joh, and Shannon Van Zandt, UAR 52(2), 2016.
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"NYC 311: A Tract-Level Analysis of Citizen–Government Contacting in New York City” by Scott L. Minkoff, UAR 52(2), 2016.
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