This paper examines the tension between regionalism and progressive goals, focusing on the effort to ensure that the benefits of growth are widely shared and that the concerns of low-income neighborhoods and the residents are a regional priority. Drawing on our research about transportation...

Studies of new regionalism" often focus on the new actors or goals characteristic of contemporary regional coalitions, at the cost of recognizing how competing social movements may constrain regional policy. This paper considers the recent evolution of the property rights and taxpayer movements...

Studies of new regionalismʺ often focus on the new actors or goals characteristic of contemporary regional coalitions, at the cost of recognizing how competing social movements may constrain regional policy. This paper considers the recent evolution of the property rights and taxpayer movements...

This paper examines the growth of suburban poverty in four metropolitan areas, with a particular focus on the role of the philanthropic sector in fostering institutional adaptation to the new geography of poverty. As the pattern of poverty has become more dispersed, has the organizational...

Poverty, in the public imagination and the academic literature alike, has long fixated on the system of “urban containment” that trapped the minority poor in low-income urban neighborhoods. The face of poverty that became anchored in the American public mind was African American, urban, and...

Over the past two decades, a burgeoning literature has touted the promise of regional collaboration to address a wide range of issues. This article challenges the premise that horizontal collaboration alone can empower regional decision- making venues. By analyzing efforts to create regional...