This article reviews how the process of corporatization transforms public sector management
by adopting private sector principles. It argues that corporatization, as an institutional form …

Not all politics is local. Not even local politics is necessarily local. The reemergence of local
politics is not comparable to the nationalization of politics but is rather an element making …

Cities in a World Economy, Fifth Edition examines the emergence of global cities as a new
social formation. As sites of rapid and widespread developments in the areas of finance …

With the urbanization of the world's population proceeding apace and the equally rapid
urbanization of poverty, urban theory has an urgent challenge to meet if it is to remain …

Attention to global and world cities has directed the field of urban studies to the significance
of international and transnational processes in shaping city economies. This article …

Telecommunications and the City provides the first critical and state-of-the-art review of the
relations between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and …

Recent years have witnessed the beginnings of a renaissance in the field of comparative
urban studies. The paper discusses this body of work's history, drawing on contributions …

Local governments in Western Europe have become increasingly involved in network
building with the local business community. The author suggests that governance processes …

What might be the implications for urban studies if we take 'comparison'not just as a method,
but as a mode of thought that informs how urban theory is constituted? Comparative …

This book arose from a course, Comparative Local Government and Urban Politics, which I
taught with Keith Dowding at the London School of Economics between 1997 and 2000 …