Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political Development
Over the past decade there has been a concerted attempt among a growing group of authors to bring together the political science subfields of urban politics and American political development (APD). In this paper, I look at specifically how the comparative study of different cities and urban areas m...
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| description | Over the past decade there has been a concerted attempt among a growing group of authors to bring together the political science subfields of urban politics and American political development (APD). In this paper, I look at specifically how the comparative study of different cities and urban areas might contribute to this intellectual project, beginning with a brief illustrative comparison of Philadelphia and Montreal. I then place that comparison in the larger context of recent literature in postcolonialism, assemblage, and planetary urbanization, which I use to establish what I call an aggregation strategy for constructing variables—or, alternately, for denying the very existence of variables. I then suggest how my aggregation strategy could improve upon urban regime analysis, and inform new directions in studies at the intersection of urban politics and APD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ebf0d29fdd804a7aa1c160afd82a89ac2023-11-20T17:09:54ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602020-10-0191018310.3390/socsci9100183Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political DevelopmentRichardson Dilworth0Department of Politics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19147, USAOver the past decade there has been a concerted attempt among a growing group of authors to bring together the political science subfields of urban politics and American political development (APD). In this paper, I look at specifically how the comparative study of different cities and urban areas might contribute to this intellectual project, beginning with a brief illustrative comparison of Philadelphia and Montreal. I then place that comparison in the larger context of recent literature in postcolonialism, assemblage, and planetary urbanization, which I use to establish what I call an aggregation strategy for constructing variables—or, alternately, for denying the very existence of variables. I then suggest how my aggregation strategy could improve upon urban regime analysis, and inform new directions in studies at the intersection of urban politics and APD.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/9/10/183urban studiesurban theoryAmerican political developmentPhiladelphiaMontreal |
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| title | Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political Development |
| title_full | Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political Development |
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| title_short | Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political Development |
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| topic | urban studies urban theory American political development Philadelphia Montreal |
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