THE POLITICAL-ECONOMY OF URBAN REGIMES - A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

The authors suggest how regime politics is influenced in systematic wa ys by particular kinds of bargaining environments. They describe a the oretical framework designed to examine the interplay of local democrat ic development market environments, and intergovernmental networks on regime dynamics in eight cities in Western Europe and the United State s since the 1970s. The authors explain how structural forces influence critical aspects of local regimes, particularly their governing coali tions, means of public-private coordination, and prevailing policy age ndas on economic development.