We use a new historical dataset to explore the contention of a century's worth of scholarship that a state's largest city faces discrimination in its legislature. Looking at thirteen states over a 120-year period, we show that this charge is justified: Bills introduced by members of the big city...

Access to urban infrastructure, in cities of the developing world is deficient in both coverage and access. Despite the efforts of numerous international, national, provincial and urban agents, these deficiencies persist. In response, recent international and national strategies seek to use...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of institutional fragmentation and metropolitan coordination on urban productivity in Latin American cities. The use of night-time lights satellite imagery and high-resolution population data allow the use of a broader definition of...

Unter Rückgriff auf die Gouvernementalitätstheorie von Foucault sowie die Hegemonietheorie von Laclau und Mouffe analysiert dieses Buch die derzeit ablaufenden, oft als »neoliberal« bezeichneten Umbrüche in der Stadtentwicklung. Als empirischer Gegenstand dient das Stadtmarketing, anhand...