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.