URBAN REGIMES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE - THE POLITICS OF URBAN-DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN

Until now urban regime analysts focused almost entirely on cities in t he United States. In this article the authors broaden the definition o f urban regimes to fit the British urban experience, then seek to trac e the formation of regimes in Birmingham and Bristol during the 1980s. The formulation and implementation of specific economic development s trategies and policies for each of these two cases is detailed, and fi nally, an evaluation of regime capacity for each is explored.