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Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal of urban politics and policy. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/

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Urban Affairs Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of urban studies, including urban policy, urban economic development, and residential and community development. The journal's editors-in-chief are Richardson Dilworth, Maureen Donaghy, Christina Greer, Mara Sidney, Timothy Weaver, and Yue Zhang. It was established in 1965 as Urban Affairs Quarterly and obtained its current title in 1996. It is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. .. more

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"From a Majority to a Minority: How Municipal Mergers in Japan Changed the Distribution of Political Powers and the Allocation of Public Services Within a Merged Municipality” by Kyohei Yamada, UAR 54(3), 2018.
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"The Politics of Land Use for Distributed Renewable Energy Generation” by Rizalino B. Cruz, UAR 54(3), 2018.
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"Race and State in the Urban Regime” by Domingo Morel, UAR 54(3), 2018.
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"The Social and Fiscal Consequences of Urban Decline: Evidence from Large American Cities, 1980–2010” by Michael Manville and Daniel Kuhlmann, UAR 54(3), 2018.
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"Availability and Accessibility of Vacant Lots for Urban Cultivation in Post-Katrina New Orleans” by Yuki Kato Yuki, Scarlett Andrews, and Cate Irvin, UAR 54(2), 2018.
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"Tracking “Choice” in the Housing Choice Voucher Program: The Relationship Between Neighborhood Preference and Locational Outcome” by Ruoniu Wang, UAR 54(2), 2018.
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"Incented Voluntary Municipal Mergers as a Two-Stage Process: Evidence from the Swiss Canton of Fribourg” by Michael A. Strebel, UAR 54(2), 2018.
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"By Design or by Default: Varieties of Neoliberal Urban Development” by Timothy P. R. Weaver, UAR 54(2), 2018.
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"Housing Disinvestment and Crime in a Phoenix Suburb: Exploring the Differential Effects of Investors and Owner-Occupants” by Alyssa W. Chamberlain Alyssa.Chamberlain, Danielle Wallace, Deirdre Pfeiffer, and Janne Gaub, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Official Crime Rates and Residents’ Sense of Security Across Neighborhoods in Tokyo, Japan” by Kimihiro Hino, Masaya Uesugi, and Yasushi Asami. UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Do Residents of Low-Income Communities Trust Organizations to Speak on Their Behalf? Differences by Organizational Type” by Sunggeun (Ethan) Park, Jennifer E. Mosley, and Colleen M. Grogan, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"What Explains the Differential Treatment of Renters Based on Ethnicity? New Evidence From Sydney” by George Galster, Heather MacDonald, and Jacqueline Nelson, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Mayors, Partisanship, and Redistribution: Evidence Directly from U.S. Mayors” by Katherine Levine Einstein and David M. Glick, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Gentrification, Property Tax Limitation, and Displacement” by Isaac William Martin and Kevin Beck, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Welcoming Cities: Immigration Policy at the Local Government Level” by Xi Huang and Cathy Yang Liu, UAR 54(1), 2018.
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"Politics or Professionalism? Budgeting for Bilingual Education” by Carla M. Flink and Angel Luis Molina, Jr., UAR 53(6), 2017.
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"First Source Hiring: An Essential Tool for Linking the Poor to Employment or a “Dead Letter” Progressive Policy?” by Thomas H. Douthat and Nancey Green Leigh, UAR 53(6), 2017.
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"Power in Local Russian Communities: Patterns of Interaction Between Legislative and Executive Branches of Local Government” by Valeri G. Ledyaev and Alla Chirikova, UAR 53(6), 2017.

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🎧 NEW on UAR Remixed!! Our interview with @shaniadiaevans.bsky.social on their book, "We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking, and a Black Sense of Place." Find us on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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New Books: We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking and a Black Sense of Place — Urban Affairs Review
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"Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development: An Integrated Framework for Comparative Analysis of the Globalizing Cities of India” by Tathagata Chatterji, UAR 53(6), 2017.
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"Overcoming Urban Growth Coalition: The Case of Culture-Led Urban Revitalization in Busan, South Korea” by Yu-Min Joo and Se Hoon Park, UAR 53(5), 2017.
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"Spatial Integration of Immigrants in Nordic Cities: The Relevance of Spatial Assimilation Theory in a Welfare State Context” by Terje Wessel, Roger Andersson, Timo Kauppinen, and Hans Skifter Andersen, UAR 53(5), 2017.
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"“Outsiders with Deep Pockets”: The Nationalization of Local School Board Elections” by Sarah Reckhow, Jeffrey R. Henig, Rebecca Jacobsen, and Jamie Alter Litt, UAR 53(5), 2017.

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"Local Response to Water Crisis: Explaining Variation in Usage Restrictions During a Texas Drought” by Megan Mullin and Meghan E. Rubado, UAR 53(4), 2017.
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"Conceptualizing Nonmarket Municipal Entrepreneurship: Everyday Municipal Innovation and the Roles of Metropolitan Context, Internal Resources, and Learning” by Richard Shearmur and Vincent Poirier, UAR 53(4), 2017.
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"The Impact of Land Rent Seeking and Dissipation During Institutional Transition on China’s Urbanization” by Jieming Zhu, UAR 53(4), 2017.
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"Boundaries and Speed Bumps: The Role of Modernized Counties Managing Growth in the Fragmented Metropolis” by Aaron Deslatte, UAR 53(4), 2017.
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"Coethnic Endorsements, Out-Group Candidate Preferences, and Perceptions in Local Elections” by Andrea Benjamin, UAR 53(4), 2017.
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"Mayors, Accomplishments, and Advancement” by Eric S. Heberlig, Justin McCoy, Suzanne M. Leland, and David A. Swindell, UAR 53(3), 2017.
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