Rereading urban regime theory: a sympathetic critique

摘要: Abstract This paper examines recent theoretical exchanges around urban politics that have taken place between U.S. and U.K. academics policy makers. Urban regime theory is outlined, its development in the traced initial application considered. Using two problems are isolated interrogated: first difficulty transfer, this case from to and, second, of empiricism localism embedded way has been constructed. The realist work Kevin Cox incorporated into a critique current formulation theory. In conclusion, notes benefits constructing idealized typologies but advocates further theorizing theory, not concrete examples through those socially processes result observable typological outcomes.