Introduction - Mickey Lauria Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory PART ONE: CONCEPTUALIZING THE REGULATION OF URBAN REGIMES Concrete Research, Urban Regimes, and Regulation Theory - Mark Goodwin and Joe Painter Spatial Structures of Regulation and Urban Regimes - Marshall M A Feldman A Neo-Gramscian Approach to the Regulation of Urban Regimes - Bob Jessop Accumulation Strategies, Hegemonic Projects, and Governance PART TWO: RECONSTRUCTING URBAN REGIME ABSTRACTIONS City Politics in an Era of Globalization - Christopher Leo Governance, Urban Regime Analysis, and the Politics of Local Economic Development - Kevin R Cox Regulation, Regime, and Practice in Urban Politics - Joe Painter PART THREE: CONCRETE RESEARCH: REGULATING URBAN POLITICS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY Coalition, Market and State - Cynthia Horan Postwar Development Politics in Boston City Planning and the Postwar Regime in Philadelphia - Robert A Beauregard Cleveland the `Comeback City' - W Dennis Keating The Politics of Redevelopment and Sports Stadiums amidst Decline Regulating Suburban Politics - Andrew E G Jonas `Suburban-Defense Transition', Institutional Capacities, and Territorial Reorganization in Southern California PART FOUR: REGULATING URBAN REGIMES Regulating Urban Regimes - Mickey Lauria Reconstruction or Impasse