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Integrating Urban Politics & Policy Processes

Research on city politics, by and large, ignores policy dynamics and the relationship between ideas and urban decision-makers. This research agenda illustrates that contemporary urban politics reflects cross-national political forces, urban policy problem definitions and the availability and viability of solutions, the popularity (and pliability) of the governing regime's policy perspective, and the institutional venue in which city problems are vetted.

Project Publications

Sapotichne, Joshua, Bryan D. Jones, and Michelle Wolfe. 2007. Is Urban Politics a Black Hole? Analyzing the Boundary Between Political Science and Urban Politics. Urban Affairs Review 43(1): 76-106.

Sapotichne, Joshua, Bryan D. Jones, and Michelle Wolfe. Forthcoming. Response to Imbroscio and Comments on the Urban Black Hole. Urban News . Winter 2008.

Working Papers

Sapotichne, Joshua. 2007. “Regime Capacity and Strategic Rhetoric: Generating the Winning Frame in Seattle 's Sports Stadium Debates.”

Sapotichne, Joshua and Andreas Graversen. 2007. “ Media and Congressional Attention to Urban Issues: Investigating the Baumgartner and Jones (1993) Model of Agenda Setting.”