H. V. SAVITCH, Ph.D.
2003 Lowell Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
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CURRENT POSITION
Brown and Williamson Distinguished Research Professor, School of Urban and Public Affairs,
University of Louisville
DISTINCTIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS
2012. Distinguished Faculty Award in Career Achievement for Research, University of
Louisville
2011. Career Achievement Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative
Activity, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville
2010. Fulbright Scholar, Chile, Research and Lecturing, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
2009-10. Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Planning, Policy and Design, School of Social
Ecology, University of California at Irvine
2005. University-wide Outstanding Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award, University of
Louisville
2005. Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, College of Business and Public Administration,
University of Louisville
2004. Outstanding Research Award, College of Business and Public Administration, University
of Louisville
2003. Best Book in Urban Politics Award, American Political Science Association, Urban
Politics Section
Spring 2003 and Spring 2004. Research Fellow, The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies,
Jerusalem, Israel
2002-03. Fulbright Scholar, European Union Research Award, Maison Méditerranéenne des
Sciences de l’Homme, Aix en Provence, France
2001. Outstanding Research Award, College of Business and Public Administration, University
of Louisville
1999. Research Fellowship, National Center for Scientific Research, Bordeaux, France,
Summer
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1998. Faculty Excellence Award, College of Business and Public Administration, University of
Louisville
1996. Lady Davis Fellow, Public Policy and Administration, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Fall
1996. U.S. Non Governmental Representative to United Nations Habitat II, Istanbul. Summer
1996. Professeur Associé, Institut Francais d'Urbanisme-Champs-sur-Marne. Spring
1995. Guest Scholar, Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C. Summer
1995. Professeur Invité, Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, Université de Paris–Val de Marne.
Spring
1992. Guest Scholar, Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C. Summer
1988. Professeur Invité, Ecole Normale Supèrieure, Laboratoire de Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Spring
1988. Visiting Scholar, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Spring
1984. Professeur Invité, Université de Paris VII, Paris. Fall
1980-81. Fulbright Scholar, Lecturing and Research, Université de Paris VII, Paris.
1971. Founders Award, New York University
Consulting/Peer Evaluation
2011. Representative Darryl T. Owens, Task Force on Merger, Louisville, Kentucky, November
2011. Consultant, Department of Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine,
March
2007. Consultant, Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, University of
Akron.
2006. Consultant, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College, City University
of New York
2005. Consultant, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)…analyzed
the structure of government and its relationships to development strategies in Milan…made
extensive recommendations for reform
2002. Consultant, Riverfields Incorporated…developed responses to the Draft Environmental
Impacts Statement for the Ohio River Bridges Project
1999. Peer Evaluator Department of Political Science, Baruch College, City University of New
York, October
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1997-2000. Local Research Affiliate, Abt Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts … developed a
research design, supervised a baseline conditions report, and continue to evaluate the City of
Louisville's “Enterprise Community”, designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development
1999. Peer Evaluator, for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, March
1998. Peer Evaluator (MPA Programs), for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,
Commission on Colleges, October
1997. Consultant, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Israeli-Palestinian Workshop
…advised and led discussion groups on issues related to the governance of Jerusalem, May
1997-98. Consultant, Forward Quest, Covington, Kentucky …issued background reports,
supervised and conducted analyses in three counties of growth and development, regional
integration and local disparities …also issued policy recommendations on the future of local
governance to a regional task force
1997-98. Consultant, Jefferson County Fiscal Court, Louisville Kentucky …conducted research
and issued reports on the structure of local government, the reorganization of city and county
police departments, and general conditions related to the City of Louisville and Jefferson
County
1996. Principal Field Associate, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, New
York ... evaluated the City of Louisville's “Enterprise Community”, designated by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
1996. Consultant, Jefferson County Fiscal Court, Louisville, Kentucky, …conducted research
and issued reports on the structure of local government... investigated and evaluated the cost
and impact of reorganization on local services and economic development...suggested
improvements and policy revisions to a task force report
1990-92. Consultant, Mayors' Urban Summit . . . planned mayoral sessions and formulated
policy statements
1987-89. Consultant to David N. Dinkins, Borough President of Manhattan and Mayor of New
York City . . . furnished reports, provided advice and testified on subjects relating to budgeting,
contract management, land use planning, administrative decentralization and alternate voting
systems (in connection with the revision of the New York City Charter)
1988 and1990. Consultant, Olympia and York Companies, advised and issued reports related
to land use planning and tertiary sector development in London, New York and Tokyo
1982 and 1984. Commentator, the American Broadcasting Company (television and radio)
. . . analyzed state, local and national election returns and provided selective forecasts
1984. Commentator, Radio France, compared politics and local development in the United
States and France
1984. Commentator, the Columbia Broadcasting System, analyzed French politics and urban
planning
Grants & Contracts
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2011. Research contract from Representative Darryl T. Owens, Task Force on Merger 2.0,
Analysis of Merger Results.
2003 and 2004. Research grant from the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies (Jerusalem,
Israel) research on the impact of terror on urban space
2002. Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, grant to
supervise Ph.D. research, “Fragmentation, Sprawl and Economic Development”
1999. Research contract from the Kentucky League of Cities …to develop economic indicators
and conduct a study on economic development strategies.
1997-2000. Research contract from ABT Associates for the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development...to conduct “Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community
Assessments” ...part of an eighteen city assessment on the impact of federal urban policy on
cities (see also Consulting, Local Research Affiliate).
1996. Research contract from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government for the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development ...to conduct “Empowerment Zone and
Enterprise Community Assessments” ...part of an eighteen city assessment on the impact of
federal urban policy on cities.
1996-2000. Research contract from Jefferson County, Kentucky to evaluate government
reorganization (see also Consulting, Jefferson County Fiscal Court).
1991-92. Research grant from the Urban University Research Consortium entitled Project
Urban Partnership (PURP). The project investigated the economic interdependence between
central cities and their suburbs. PURP was carried out on behalf of the Urban Summit, an
organization of thirty-five mayors representing America's major cities.
1975-80. Activity grants from the federal government (ACTION) for five continuous years in
order to monitor housing and community development policy as well as provide technical
assistance to local agencies.
1973. Training grant for social workers, planners and managers, by th e State of New Jersey's
Department of Community Affairs.
1975-1994. Research grants from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, the
State University of New York Research Foundation, the Urban Research Center of the
Graduate School of Public Administration (NYU), the American Political Science Association,
the City of New York, the University of Louisville, and the Social Science Research Council
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS
Authored Volumes
2012. Struggling Giants: Governance and Globalization in the London, New York, Paris and
Tokyo City Regions (University of Minnesota Press, in press) with Paul Kantor, Christian
Lefevre, Asato Saito and Andy Thornley)
2010. Las Ciudades en el Mercado Internacional: La Economía Política del Desarrollo Urbano
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en Morte America y Europa Occidental (Bayer Hermanos SA, Barcelona, Spain, 2010) with
Paul Kantor, revised and translated from Cities in the International Marketplace (cited below)
2008. Cities in a Time of Terror: Space, Territory and Local Resilience (M.E Sharpe, 2008)
2002. Cities in the International Marketplace: The Political Economy of Urban Development in
North America and Western Europe (Princeton University Press) with Paul Kantor. Awarded
Best Book in Urban Politics, 2002, American Political Science Association, Urban Politics
Section
1988. Post Industrial Cities: Politics and Planning in New York, Paris and London (Princeton
University Press, 1988)
1979. Urban Policy and the Exterior City: Federal, State and Corporate Impacts upon Major
Cities (Pergamon Press, 1979)
Authored Monographs
2005. Urban Trauma and Possibilities for Recovery in Jerusalem (Floersheimer Institute for
Policy Studies, Jerusalem, Israel) with Yaacov Garb
1974. Decentralization at the Grass Roots: Political Innovation in New York City and London
(Sage Publications) with Madeleine Adler
Edited Volumes
2002. Globalization and Local Democracy: International Perspectives (Palgrave Publishers,
Basingstoke, United Kingdom) with Robin Hambleton and Murray Stewart
2000. State and Local Government Review: A Symposium on the New Regionalism and Its
Policy Agenda (Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, Fall) with Ronald
Vogel
2000. Urban Democracy (Lesske and Budrich, Hembsbach, Germany) with Oscar Gabriel and
Vincent Hoffman Martinot
1996. Regional Politics: America in a Post City Age (Sage Publications) with Ronald Vogel
1991. Big City Politics in Transition (Sage Publications) with John Clayton Thomas
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2011. “A Strategy for Neighborhood Decline and Regrowth: Forging the French Connection”
Urban Affairs Review 47 (6): 800-837.
2010. “The Politics of City Regions in Comparative Perspective” Pole-Sud, Revue de Science
Politiques de l’Europe Merdionale, (Printemps) with Paul Kantor
2010. “Bullpitt in America: Presidential Approaches, Territorial Politics and the Field of Urban
Policy” Government and Opposition 45 (3) (Spring): 406-435 with Jefferey L. Osgood.
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2010. “What Makes a Great City? An American Perspective” Cities 27 (1) (February): 42-49.
2010. “Beyond the Rhetoric: A Case Study of Louisville’s Consolidation” American Review of
Public Administration” 40 (1) (January): 3-28 with Ronald K.Vogel and Lin Ye
2010. “Rescaling for a Global World” Progress in Planning 73 (1) (Winter): 11-16.
2008. “Typologies and Transformation in European Cities: A Perspective from America” Urban
Research and Practice 1 (3) (November): 276-290 with Ismalia Odogba.
2008. “Civic Culture and Corporate Regime in Louisville” Journal of Urban Affairs 30 (4) (Fall):
437-460 with Ronald K. Vogel and Takashi Tsukamoto.
2007. “Globalisation et changement d’échelle dans le gouvernement urbain” Métropoles 2 : 133­
166.
2006. “Terror, Barriers and the Re-topography of Jerusalem” Journal of Planning Education
and Research 26 (2) (Winter): 152-173 with Yaacov Garb.
2005. “How to Study Comparative Urban Development Politics: A Research Framework”
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29 (1) (Spring): 131-151 with Paul
Kantor.
2005. “An Anatomy of Urban Terror: Lessons from Jerusalem and Elsewhere” Urban Studies
42 (3) (March): 361-395.
2004. “Suburbs Without A City: Power and City County Consolidation” Urban Affairs Review
39 (6) (July): 758-790 with Ronald K. Vogel.
2003. “How Suburban Sprawl Shapes Human Well Being” Journal of Urban Health 80 (4)
(December): 590-607.
2003. “Does 9-11 Portend A New Paradigm For Cities?” Urban Affairs Review 39 (1)
(September): 103-127.
2003. “Urban Strategies for a Global Era: A Cross National Comparison” American Behavioral
Scientist 46 (8) (April): 1002-1033 with Paul Kantor.
2003. “Local Government in the United States: Executive Centered Politics and the New Public
Management” Bestuurswetenschappen 1 (February): 5-17 with Ron Vogel. [English version in
S.A.H. Denters and L.E. Rose, eds. see Book Chapters below]
2002. “What is New about Globalization and What Does it Portend for Cities” International
Journal of Social Science, 54 (172) (June): 179-189.
2001. “Does Terror Have an Urban Future” Urban Studies 38 (13) (December): 2515-2533 with
Grigoriy Ardashev.
2000. “Paths to New Regionalism” State and Local Government Review 32 (3) (Fall): 158-168
with Ronald Vogel.
2000. "Metropolitan Consolidation versus Metropolitan Governance in Louisville” State and
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Local Government Review 32 (3) (Fall): 198-212 with Ronald Vogel.
2000. “Dreams and Realities: Coping with Urban Sprawl” Virginia Environmental Law Review
19 (3): 333-56.
1998 .“Urban Development in a Global Era,” Comprehensive Urban Studies, (September)
1998. “Global Challenge and Institutional Capacity: Or How We Can Refit Local
Administration for the Next Century” Administration and Society 30 (3) (June): 248-273.
1997. “The Political Economy of Urban Regimes: A Comparative Perspective” Urban Affairs
Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 32 (3) (January): 348-377 with Paul Kantor and
Serena Vicari.
1995. “City Business: An International Perspective on Marketplace Politics” International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research 19 (4) (December): 495-512 with Paul Kantor.
1995. “Straw Men, Red Herrings . . . and Suburban Dependency” Urban Affairs Review
(formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 31 (2) (November): 175-179.
1994. “Response to `Ties That Bind' Reexamined” Economic Development Quarterly 8 (4)
(November): 378-380 with David Collins.
1994. “Reorganization in Three Cities: Explaining the Discrepancy Between Intended Action
and Unanticipated Consequences” Urban Affairs Quarterly 29 (4) (June): 565-595.
1993. “Can Politicians Bargain With Business: A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective on
Urban Development” Urban Affairs Quarterly 29 (2) (December): 230-255 with Paul Kantor.
1993. “Ties That Bind: Central Cities, Suburbs and the New Metropolitan Region” Economic
Development Quarterly 7 (4) (November): 341-357 with David Collins et al.
1992. “The Paradox of Diversity: Social Difference and Common Regions” National Civic
Review 81 (3) (Summer/Autumn): 326-334 with David Collins.
1988. “Les mouvements pendulaires entre les métropoles Américaines” Journal des Elections
(Novembre–Décembre)
1988. “Bush comme président: le décalage entre programme et discours” Journal des Elections
(Novembre–Décembre, 1988)
“Le Duel: Bush le sinueux. . . contre Dukakis l'entëté” Journal des Elections (Septembre–
Octobre)
1988. “The Politics of the Local State in New York and Paris” French Politics and Society
1987. “Post Industrialism and Planning in New York, Paris and London” Journal of the
American Planning Association 53 (1) (Winter): 80-91.
1987. “Les Deux New York” Métropolies (5eme trimestre)
1978. “Black Cities/White Suburbs: Domestic Colonialism as an Interpretive Idea” The Annals
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 439 (1) (September): 118-134.
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1978. “New York's Crises and the Politics of Charter Revision” New York Affairs (Winter)
1973. “Leadership and Decision Making in New York City and London” Policy and Politics 2 (2)
(December): 113-133.
1972. “Powerlessness in an Urban Ghetto: The Case of Political Biases and Differential Access
in New York City” Polity 5 (1) (Fall): 19-56.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2012. “Look Before You Leap: Louisville Merger and its Aftermath” in Government, Politics,
and Policymaking in Kentucky edited by James Clinger (University Press of Kentucky,
forthcoming) with Ronald K. Vogel and Lucas Elliott
2012. “Urban Violence in the United States and France: Comparing Los Angeles and Paris” in
The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, edited by Karen Mossberger, Peter John and Susan
Clarke (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) (with Sophie Body Gendrot)
2010. “Vulnerable Cities” in Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Beacham Publishing,
Osprey, Florida)
2009. “Louisville Transformed But Hardly Changed: A Survey of a City Before and After
Merger” in Who Will Govern Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century? Edited by Donald
Phares, (M.E Sharpe, 2009) (with Ronald K. Vogel and Lin Ye) pp. 169-184
2009. “Regionalism and Urban Politics” in Theories of Urban Politics, 2nd Edition, edited by
Jonathan Davies and David Imbroscio (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California) (with
Ronald K. Vogel) pp. 106-124
2006. “Local and Regional Governance: Rescaling the city” in Metropolitan Governing:
Canadian Cases, Comparative Lessons edited by Eran Razin and Patrick Smith (Magnes Press,
Jerusalem, Israel) (with Ronald K. Vogel) pp.214-245
2006. “L’hyperpluralisme revisité : la poursuite de la fragmentation des villes aux Etats-Unis”
in Les Métropoles Au Défi De La Diversité Culturelle, Edited by Bernard Jouve and Alain G.
Gagnon (Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, Grenoble) (with Ronald K. Vogel)
2005. “The United States: Executive Centered Politics” in Comparing Local Governance:
Trends and Developments, edited by S.A.H. Denters and L.E. Rose (Palgrave Publishers, New
York, N.Y.). (with Ronald K. Vogel) pp. 211-227
2004. “Louisville and Jefferson County: Merger in Louisville” in Case Studies in City County
Consolidation: Reshaping the local government landscape, edited by Suzanne Leland and Kurt
Thurmaier (New York: M.E. Sharpe) (with Ronald K. Vogel)
2002. “Encourage then Cope: Washington and the Sprawl Machine” in Urban Sprawl: Cause,
consequences & policy responses edited by Gegory Squires (The Urban Institute Press,
Washington, D.C.) pp. 141-164
2002. "Introduction: Globalism and Local Democracy" with Robin Hambleton and Murray
Stewart in Globalism and Local Democracy: Challenge and Change in Europe and North
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America (Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) edited with Robin Hambleton and
Murray Stewart pp.1-18
2002. "The Globalization Process" in Globalism and Local Democracy: Challenge and Change in
Europe and North America (Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) edited with Robin
Hambleton and Murray Stewart pp.19-29
2000. “Cities and Security: Toward A Framework for Assessing Urban Risk” in Urbanization,
Population, Environment and Security (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington D.C.) edited by Christina Rosan, Blair Ruble and Joseph Tulchin pp.14-18
2000. "The Transformation of American Cities", with Kevin DuPont and Elysium Drumm, in
Urban Democracy (Lesske and Budrich, Hembsbach, Germany) edited Oscar Gabriel, Vincent
Hoffman Martinot and H.V. Savitch (translated and revised)
1999. “La Transformation des Villes Américaines” in Démocraties Urbaines (Paris, France
1999) edited by Oscar Gabriel and Vincent Hoffman-Martinot
1999. “Défi Mondiale et Pouvoir Institutionnel: Comment Redéfinir Les Administrations
Locales Pour Le Siêcle Prochain” in Quels Partenariat Pour La Ville (UNESCO, Paris, France)
edited by Vincent Hoffmann Martinot and Leszek Kosinski (reprinted)
1998. “Progressive Versus Growth Centered Cities in North America and Western Europe” in
Des Modèles En Question: Ville,Culture Citoyenneté en Amérique du Nord (Presse Université de
Lille) edited by Catherine Pouzoulet and Jacques Portes
1998. “Les Défis du Gouvernement Urbaine Pour le Siêcle Prochaine” in Politiques Locales et
Transformations de l’Action Publique En Europe (Centre de Recherche sur La Politique,
l’Administration, la Ville et le Territoire, de l’Institut d’Étude Politique de Grenoble)
Rédacteurs, Richard Balme, Alain Faure et Albert Mabileau
1998. “The Ecology of Public-Private Partnerships: Europe” in Partnerships in Urban
Governance: European and American Experiences (Macmillan Publishers, 1998) edited by Jon
Pierre pp. 175-186
1997. “Central Cities and Suburbs: Fusion or Illusion” with Doug Adams in Handbook of
Research on Urban Politics and Policy (Greenwood Press, 1997) edited by Ronald Vogel pp.
170-184
1996. “The Changing Landscape of Big City Management” in Handbook of Local Government
Administration with William Tharp (Marcel Dekker, 1996) edited by John Gargan pp. 387-402
1996. “Cities in a Global Era: A New Paradigm for the Next Millenium” in Preparing for the
Urban Future: Global Pressures and Local Forces (Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, 1996) edited by Michael Cohen et al.
1996. “Introduction: Regional Patterns in a Post-City Age” with Ronald Vogel in Regional
Politics: America in A Post City Age (Sage Publications, 1996) edited by H.V. Savitch and
Ronald Vogel pp. 1-22
1996. “Perspectives for the Present and Lessons For The Future” with Ronald Vogel in
Regional Politics: America in A Post City Age (Sage Publications) edited by H.V. Savitch and
Ronald Vogel pp. 275-302
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1996. “Louisville — Compacts and Antagonistic Cooperation” with Ronald Vogel in Regional
Politics: America in A Post City Age (Sage Publications, 1996) edited by H.V. Savitch and
Ronald Vogel pp. 130-158
1991. “The Regional City and Public Partnerships”, with David Collins, et al. In the National
Interest (Twentieth Century Foundation), edited by Ronald Berkman, et al. pp. 65-77
1991. “Post Industrialism with a Difference” in Beyond City Limits: Urban policy and economic
restructuring in comparative perspective (Temple University, 1991) edited by John Logan and
Todd Swanstrom pp. 150-173
1991. “Introduction: Big City Politics, Then and Now” with John Thomas in Big City Politics In
Transition (Sage Publications) edited by H.V. Savitch and John Thomas pp. 1-13
1991. “Conclusion: End of the Millennium Big City Politics” with John Thomas in Big City
Politics In Transition (Sage Publications) edited by H.V. Savitch and John Thomas pp. 235-251
1990. “The Federal Impact on City Politics,” in Urban Politics, New York Style (M. E. Sharpe)
edited by Dick Netzer and Jewell Bellush pp. 245-267
1985. “Boom and Bust in the New York Region: Implications for Government Policy,” in
Economic Prospects for the Northeast (Temple University Press) edited by Harry Richardson
and Joseph Turek
1975. “The Politics of Deprivation and Response,” in Racism and Inequality: The Policy
Alternatives (W. H. Freeman and Company) edited by Harrell Rodgers pp. 5-36
OPINION PIECES
2010. “True Mosque Issue Clouded” Courier Journal, September 6
2004. “Les deux visages de Paris” Pouvoirs Locaux, 73, May, 2007
“City-County Consolidation: Communities Often Don’t Reap Benefits” Indianapolis Star,
December 12
2004. “Crossing Party Lines: Urban versus Suburban” Louisville Magazine, October
2003. “Calling It What It Is: Terror” Courier Journal, July 11
2003. “Look Before You Leap: Consolidating Cities and Its Alternatives” Haaretz, June 22
2000. “Unity’s Razzle-Dazzle Campaign” Courier Journal, November 2 with Ronald K. Vogel
1997. “A New Government for a New Millennium” Courier Journal, January 26 with Ronald K.
Vogel
1995. “The Louisville Experience: A Second Look” Metropolitan Universities, Summer
1992. “Cities and Their Suburbs” Courier Journal, December 13, with David Collins
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1989. “Charter a City, Not a Fantasy”, Newsday, July 14, with Edward Rogowsky
SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS, OCCASIONAL PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
2102. Presenter. “New State Spaces: Globalization and the Politics of Rescaling” Governing
the Metropolis. City Hall of Paris. November 28-30th. Paris, France
2012. Invited Speaker. Public choice Theory and Its Consequences for Hong Kong”
Department of Politics and Public Administration”. University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong,
China. October 11-13.
2012. Invited Speaker. “Are Chinese Cities Exceptional” International Conferehnce on
Governance Issue is Magacities” Chinese Academy of of Social Sciences, The Beijing University
of Technology and the University of Zurich. Beijing, China, October 9-10
2011. Keynote Speaker. “Territory and Power: Rescaling for a Global Era”, The International
Conference on Regional Development in the 21st Century. Sun Yat Sen University, School of
Government, Guangzhou, China. December 12-18.
2011. Invited Speaker. “Governability in Four Megacities: London, New York, Paris and
Tokyo”, Workshop on Governance in Megacities. University of Zurich, Center on Comparative
and International Studies Zurich Switzerland, August 22-24.
2011. Invited Speaker. “The Promise and Effects of Economic Development Strategies ”,
Conference on Innovation, Growth and Public Policy. University of Cincinnati, Real Estate
Center, September 30.
2011. Featured Speaker. “Planning and Power”, Colloquium, University of Kentucky,
Department of Geography. Lexington, Kentucky. November 4.
2011. Invited Speaker. “Metropolitan Governance: A Framework and Survey of Applications”,
Conference on Regional Governance, University of Victoria, Richmond, British Columbia,
Canada, May 27-28.
2010. Panel Presentation. “Struggling Giants and Globalization: New York, London and
Paris”, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2-5, Washington D.C
2010. Presenter. “Territory and Agenda”, Workshop on Comparative Urban Research”,
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2-5, Washington D.C
2010. Featured Speaker. “Territorio y Poder: Planificación y Los Desafíos de La Globalización”, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, January 14.
2010. Featured Speaker. “Territory and Power: Planning and the Challenges of Globalization”,
University of California, Irvine, Department of Planning, Policy and Design. Irvine, California,
January 5.
2009. Invited Speaker. “Universities and their Environments: Comparative Perspectives”,
Woodrow Wilson Center International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. December 16.
2009. Keynote Speaker. “Conditions for Creative Public Management”, Seoul International
Conference on Creativity, Seoul, South Korea, August 12.
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2009. Panel Presentation & Moderator. “What Makes a Great City Great? An American
Perspective”, Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, March 4-7.
2008. Keynote Speaker. “What Makes a City Great?”, Managing World Cities Conference,
Sponsored by Kings College (University of London) University of Hong Kong and New York
University. October 23-25. Hong Kong SAR, China
2008. Invited Speaker. “Urban Competition and Transformation in a Globalized World”,
University of Hong Kong”, June 2-4. Hong Kong SAR, China
2008. Panel Presentation. “Regionalism, Paradigms and Urban Politics”, American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting, August 28-September 31, Boston, Massachusetts
2008. Panel Presentation & Chair. “Can We Contain Regions”, with Jeff Osgood and Ismaila Odgoba. New Approaches to Regionalism. Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, April 23-26.
2007. Paper Presentation. “Reorganizing the Metropolis: City County Consolidation”, with
Ronald K. Vogel and Lin Yi, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 30­
September 2, Chicago, Illinois
2007. Invited Speaker. “Cities and Suburbs in Comparative Perspective”, Comparative Urban Politics Group, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August 30-September 2, Chicago, Illinois.
2007. Paper Presentation. “Excavating Results from City County Consolidation:
The Issue of Economic Development”, Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 25-28.
2007. Featured Speaker. “La Métropolisation: Regards Internationaux Croises Avec L’Ille de
France”, Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris France, March, 13.
2006. Paper Presentation. “Urban Terrorism and the Fear Factor”, British International
Studies Association, Conference on London in a Time of Terror, London United Kingdom, December 8.
2003. Discussant. “Theme Panel: Bleaching New Orleans”, American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28-31.
2006. Featured Speaker. “Le Nouveaux enjeux Urbains: Une Question d’echelle”, Institut
National de la Recherche Scientifique”, Montreal, Canada, May 11-12.
2006. Invited Speaker. “Louisville’s Merger: An Initial Assessment”, Conference on
Governance versus Government, University of Missouri at St.Louis, June 16-17 (with Ron
Vogel)
2005. Invited Commentator. “Urban Society and Dominant political Coalitions in the
Internationalization of Cities”, by Bernard Jouve, Cities as International and Transnational
Actors, European Science Foundation, December 10
2005. Paper Presentation. “Terror, Barriers and the Changing Topography of Jerusalem”,
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. August 31-September
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2005. Keynote Speaker. “Globalization, Choice and Urban Rescaling”, International Conference
for Urban Knowledge and Practice” Gothenburg Sweden, May 30-June 4.
2005. Panel Moderator. “Political Rescaling Through Amalgamation”, Urban Affairs
Association Annual Meeting, Salt lake City Utah, April 13-16.
2004. Invited Speaker. “Urban Terror: London, Istanbul, Moscow and Jerusalem”, University
of Haifa, National Security Studies Center, Haifa, Israel May 12.
2004. Paper Presentation. “Globalization, Choice and the New Regionalism”, Workshop on
Globalization and Cities, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 1­
5, Chicago, Illinois.
2004. Invited Speaker. “Responding to the Geography of Urban Terror”, Thomas J.
Anton/Frederick Lippitt Conference on Homeland Security in Urban America, Brown
University, Taubman Center for Public Policy, Providence, Rhode Island, September 24.
2004. Invited Speaker. “Une Analyse des Coûts et des Bénéfices de la Nouvelle Régionalisme“,
XVII Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada, Octobre 7-8.
2004. Paper Presentation. “An Anatomy of Urban Terror: Lessons from Jerusalem”, Urban
Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. March, 31-April 3.
2003. Invited Speaker. “Assessing the Impact of City County Consolidation”, School of
Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, October 9.
2003. Featured Speaker. “Urban Development, Pressure Politics and Human Well Being”, New
York Academy of Medicine, Conference on Health and the Built Environment, New York,
March, 25.
2003. Featured Speaker. “Le Nouvelle Régionalisme; Problématique et Démarche”, Maison
Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, Aix en Provence, France. March, 9.
2002. Invited Presentation. “A Paradigm and Probe Of Urban Terror”, Cities as Strategic Sites
Conference, Center for Sustainable Urban & Regional Futures, Manchester, United Kingdom,
November 6-9.
2002. Paper Presentation. “Can Cities Choose Their Future”, American Political Science
Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August, 29-September, 1.
2002. Invited Presentation. “Contending Development Strategies in New York and Paris: 1970­
2000”, Conference on New York and Paris sponsored by the Centers for European Studies, New
York University and Columbia University, New York City, April.
2001. Paper Presentation. “Strategies for the International Marketplace: Results in Ten North
American and Western European Cities, 1970-2000”, European Urban Research Association,
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 17-19 with Paul Kantor.
2001. Invited Presentation. “Spatial Segregation and Collective Violence: Testing Propositions in
Los Angeles, Liverpool and Marseilles”. Co sponsored by New York University and Columbia
University. Centers for European Studies. April 19-21 with Greg Ardashev
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2001. Paper Presentation. “Strategic Approaches to Urban Economic Development”, American
Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, August 20-September 1.
2001. Invited Presentation. “Global Pressure/Local Response: New Regionalism in France and
Its Applications“, Marseilles, France, Mediterranean House of Human Sciences, October.
2000. Panel Participant. “Revitalizing the Inner City: The Louisville Enterprise Community
Grant”, with Ronald K. Vogel. American Political Science Association, 96 th, August 31­
September 3.
2000. Paper Presentation. “Globalization and Regionalism: Rescaling the City Up or Down”,
International Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Quebec, Canada, August 1-5.
2000. Paper Presentation. “Convergence Theory and Urban Development: Testing Results
From North America and Western Europe”, with Paul Kantor. Urban Affairs Association,
Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 3-7.
1999. Featured Speaker. "Dreams and Realities: Coping with Urban Sprawl in Contemporary
America", University of Virginia, School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 15-16.
1999. Invited Speaker. "Cities and Security: A Risk Factor Approach", Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., June 3.
1998. Invited Commentator. “Urban Suburban Interdependence, New Directions for Research
and Policy”, University of Illinois at Chicago, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and The
Brookings Institution, Chicago, Illinois, September 24-25.
1998. Invited Speaker. “Urban Restructuring and Local Democracy: Lessons from North
America and Western Europe”, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
Athens, September 16-18.
1998. Featured Speaker. “Comparing Cities Under Global Pressures”, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Center for Urban Studies, May 12.
1997. Paper Presentation. “Défi Mondiale et Pouvoir Institutionnel: Comment Redéfinir Les
Administrations Locales Pour Le Siêcle Prochain”, United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, Paris, France, November 24-25.
1997. Featured Speaker. “The Urban Future”, U.S. State Department/Central Intelligence
Agency, Working Group on Russia’s Future: A Regional Perspective, Meridian International
Center, White-Meyer House, Washington D.C., October, 9.
1997. Featured Speaker: “Globalization and the Future of Urban Development”, Colloquium,
University of Cincinnati, Department of Geography, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 9.
1997. Featured Speaker. “Small Ships in a Global Sea: Local Democracy in a Turbulent Age”
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., February 14.
1996. Invited Commentator. Conference on Local Government and Democracy, University of
Heidleberg, Institute for Political Studies, Heidelberg, Germany, March 28-30.
1996. Invited Commentator. Preparatory Meeting for Habitat II, The United Nations,
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“Preparing For the Urban Future” February 15.
1995. Invited Speaker. “The Enduring Tension: Global Change, Strategic Choice and Urban
Autonomy”, with Paul Kantor in Cities and the New Global Order, Volume 3, The Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Australian Government, Commonwealth
of Australia.
1995. Invited Speaker. “Villes, Citoyenneté,Culture: Des Modêles En Question”, Études
Lilloises sur l'Amérique du Nord, Embassies of the United States and Canada, Université
Charles De Gaulle, Lille France, October 13–14.
1995. Invited Presentation. Working Group on Changes in the Urban Landscape: From Habitat
I to Habitat II. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C. June, 2.
1995. Featured Speaker. “Nouveaux Enjeux Urbain” Société d'Etudes Nord-Américaines, Paris
France, May, 18.
1995. Colloquy Speaker. “Banfield's Unheavely City--Redemption or Eternal Damnation”,
Urban Affairs Association, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, May 3-6.
1994. Invited Speaker. “Economics of Regionalism”, Social Science Research Council and the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington D.C., December 9.
1994. Invited Presentation. “Regional Patterns/Regional Organization”, with Ronald Vogel in
Round Tables on Regionalism, Commissioned Papers, Social Science Research Council and the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC, December 8–9.
1994. Invited Speaker. “Public Affairs and Management for the 21st Century”, The Inaugural
Conference of the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, The City University of New York,
December 1–3.
1994. Invited Speaker. “The Enduring Tension: Global Change, Strategic Choice and Urban
Autonomy”, The Joint Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development/Australian
Government Conference. Melbourne Australia, November 20–23.
1994. Invited Presentation. “City Business: An International Perspective on Market Place
Politics”, with Paul Kantor. Shaping the Urban Future: International Perspectives and
Exchanges. School for Advanced Urban Studies. University of Bristol, United Kingdom, July
10–13.
1994. Invited Speaker. “Metropolitan Government and Economic Development”, North
American Institute for Comparative Urban Research, University of Missouri, St. Louis,
Missouri, June 16–18.
1994. Featured Speaker. “Comparative Urban Politics in the Global Market”, New York
University Center for European Studies. Sponsored by the Humanities Council Research
Colloquium on Western European Politics and Society and the Department of Politics, New
York, N.Y. February 24.
1993. Featured Speaker. “Urban Mobilization of Private Capital: A Cross National
Comparison”, with Paul Kantor. Occasional Paper Series, Comparative Urban Studies,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC.
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1992. Featured Speaker. “Cities In The Global Market Place”, Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., Summer.
1992. Invited Speaker. “Historical Urban Development and Socio Cultural Policy”, Institute for
Cultural Research, Moscow, Russian Republic, August 25–29.
1992. Paper Presentation. “Can Politicians Bargain With Business: A Theoretical and
Comparative Perspective”, with Paul Kantor, International Sociological Association, Research
Committee 21, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA, Los Angles, California, April
23–25.
1983. Paper Presentation. “Geopolitical Planning for a Post Industrial Society: The Case of
Paris”, Annual Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, Washington, April.
1982. Invited Presentation. “Boom and Decline in the Central Core of Large Cities”, Annual
Conference for Conversations in the Disciplines, SUNY, Albany, New York, April.
1982. Featured Speaker. “Politics, Planning and Demographics in London, Paris and New
York: A Comparative Approach”, Conference of the Greater London Group, London School of
Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, February 1.
1979. Featured Speaker. “Needed: An Antidote to America's Health Ills”, Proceedings of Mid
Hudson Pattern. New York State Council for the Humanities, Purchase, New York, October
26.
1979. Featured Speaker. “The New Town in Town: Success and Failures of Roosevelt Island” ,
Polytechnic Institute of Warsaw, Warsaw Poland, July.
BOOK REVIEWS
2010. "Violence in Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives" by Sophie Body-Gendrot
& Pieter Speirenburg. Terrorism and Political Violence 22 (1) (January-March): 129-130.
2008. "Cities, War, and Terrorism" Editor: Stephen Graham. METROPOLES (Winter)
2007. "The Resilient City: The Economic Impact of 9/11” Editor: Howard Chernick. City and
Community 6 (2) (June): 163-165.
2004. Contemporary French (or European) Views of Urban Issues, Review Essay of Patrick
LeGales, European Cities; Bernard Jouve and Chritian Lefèvre, Local Power, Territory and
Institutions in European; Metropolitan Regions Franois Baraize et Emmanuel Nègrier,
L’Invention Politique de L’Agglomèration. Journal of Urban Affairs 26 (4) (Winter): 523-527.
2004. "After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City" Editors: Michael Sorkin and
Sharon Zukin, Urban Studies (March): 697-699.
1999. "Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit " by June Manning
Thomas. Urban Affairs Review 34 (6) (July): 857-858.
1997. “European Urban Journals: A View From the USA” in European Urban Research,
(January): with Margaret Reid
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1995. “The Emergence of Delocalized Cities” an essay on Japanese Cities in the World
Economy, edited by Kuniko Fujita and Richard Hill; and Megacity Growth and the Future
edited by Roland Fuchs, et al. Urban Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 31 (1)
(September): 137-142.
1995. "The City Builders: Property, Politics and Planning in London and New York" by Susan
Fainstein (Blackwell, Cambridge, MA, 1995) Journal of the American Planning Association 61
(2) (Spring): 280-281.
1980. "Paris: A Century of Change 1878–1978, by Norma Evenson (Yale University, 1979)
Urban Design International (March/April).
1978. “White House Watching: Policy, Organization and Ideology Among Contemporary
Presidents,” an essay on The Promise and Performance, by Lewis Paper; Pragmatic Illusions,
by Bruce Miroff; The Plot that Failed, by Richard Nathan; and Organizing the Presidency, by
Stephen Hess. Polity 11 (1) (Fall): 114-124.
1975. “Mayors in Action”, by John Kotter and Paul Lawrence (John Wiley and Sons, 1974) for
National Civic Review March.
SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS
2011. “Analysis and Comment of Merger 2.0”, Representative Darryl T. Owens, Task Force on
Merger, Louisville, Kentucky, November
2011. “External Review” School of Social Ecology, Department of Planning, Policy and Design,
University of California at Irvine, May 20 (with Gary Dymski)
2007. “Program Review, Department Of Public Administration & Urban Studies, College Of
Arts and Sciences, University Of Akron, December
2006. “Assessment and Recommendations for the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning,
Hunter College CUNY, May (with Julian Wolpert)
2006. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “Governance &
Development Milan” for OECD Territorial Reviews: Milan, Italy, Paris, France.
2002. Ohio River Bridges Project: Sprawl And Urban Disinvestment. For Riverfields Inc.,
Louisville Kentucky, February, 2002
2002. Ohio River Bridges Project Response to the Al Chalabi DEIS Report. For Riverfields Inc.,
Louisville, Kentucky, February
2002. Ohio River Bridges Project, Impact on Revenues of a Far East Bridge Alignment, For
Riverfields Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, January
2000. EZ/EC Interim Outcomes: Local Data Collection and Analysis For Abt Associates,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 15
2000. The New Economy and Kentucky Cities, Volumes 1 and 2. For the Kentucky League of
Cities, Lexington, Kentucky, April and June
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1999. EZ/EC Interim Outcomes Assessment: Combined Quarterly Query, For Abt Associates,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 16
1999. A Critique of the Blueprint for Merger in Louisville and Jefferson County, For the Fiscal
Court of Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky, December 6
1999. Is Louisville Dying: If So, Is Merger The Cure? For the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County,
Louisville, Kentucky, March 22
1998. Consolidating Police Services in Louisville and Jefferson County: A Further Analysis of
Costs and Effectiveness. For the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky,
November 16
1998. Crime and Police Protection in Louisville and Jefferson County. For the Fiscal Court of
Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky, August 26
1998. Size, Deployment and Performance: Considerations in Consolidating Police Services in
Louisville and Jefferson County. For the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, Louisville,
Kentucky, October 12
1998. Police Reorganization, Expenditure and Performance: Jefferson County and Louisville.
For the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky, June 18
1998. Baseline Conditions Report: Louisville Enterprise Community. For Abt Associates and
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, March 31
1998. Central City and Regional Disparities in Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties, with
Steve Koven, Andrea Koven and Kevin DuPont. For Forward Quest Leadership Task Force,
Covington, Kentucky, March 25
1998. Patterns of Growth and Settlement in Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, with Steve
Koven, Andrea Koven and Kevin DuPont. For Forward Quest Leadership Task Force,
Covington, Kentucky, January 15
1998. Identity and Policy Alternative in Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties
with Steve Koven, Andrea Koven and Kevin DuPont. For Forward Quest Leadership Task
Force, Covington, Kentucky, February 18
1997. Local Area Research Design: Louisville Enterprise Community. with Ronald Vogel. For
Abt Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1
1997. Bridging Time and Space: A Profile of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties Since 1980 ,
with Ronald Vogel. For Forward Quest Leadership Task Force, Covington, Kentucky,
September 5
1997. Field Analysis Form: Round Four Assessment of the EZ/EC Initiative, with Ronald
Vogel. For the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Albany, New York and Washington, D.C., July 31
1997. Field Analysis Form: Round Three Assessment of the EZ/EC Initiative, with Ronald
Vogel. For the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, Albany, New York and Washington, D.C., June 26
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1996. Field Analysis Form: Round Two Assessment of the EZ/EC Initiative, with Ronald Vogel.
For the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Albany, New York and Washington, D.C., September 18
1996. Field Analysis Form: Round One Assessment of the EZ/EC Initiative, with Ronald Vogel.
For the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Albany, New York and Washington, D.C., June 29
1996. Self Study Report: Master of Public Administration Program, University of Louisville,
Volumes 1-3, Submitted to the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, National
Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Washington, D.C., September
1996. Report to the Jefferson County Fiscal Court on Final Recommendations of the Jefferson
County Governance Project, For the Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, Louisville, Kentucky,
June 11
1988. Extending London's Central Business District: Canary Wharf and the World Financial
Center, For Olympia and York Developments Ltd, Toronto, Canada
1991. The World of Canary Wharf, For Olympia and York, Toronto, Canada. For Olympia and
York Developments Ltd, 1988, Toronto, Canada
1988. The Relevance and Rationale of Contracts, Franchises and Revocable Consent to Charter
Revision, For the Borough President of Manhattan, New York, N.Y., January
1988. Select Issues Related to Charter Revision: Weighted Voting, Budget Authority, Contracts
and Franchises, For the Borough President of Manhattan, New York, N.Y., January
1988. The Board of Estimate and Weighted Voting: Part II, For the Borough President of
Manhattan, New York, N.Y., February 24
1988. Land Use and Community Boards: For the Borough President of Manhattan, New York,
N.Y., March 19
1987. Testimony Select Issues Related to Charter Revision, April 1988 Weighted Voting and
Budgetary Powers, For the Borough President of Manhattan, New York, N.Y., December 30
EDITORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011-current
Editorial Board, Revue Internationale d'Urbanisme
2005-current
Editorial Board, Metropolis ((National Center for Scientific Research, France)
2005-2006
President, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association
2002-2004.
Board of Editors, State and Local Government Review
1999-2002
Executive Council, American Political Science Association, Urban Politics
Section
1995–2000
Board of Editors, The Regionalist.
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1993–99
Coeditor, Journal of Urban Affairs
1991–96
Governing Board, the Urban Affairs Association
1991–96
Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Affairs
1991–2002
President, Louisville Metropolitan Chapter, American Society for Public
Administration
1989–91
Vice President, Louisville Chapter, American Society for Public Administration
1989-2002
Representative to the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and
Administration; Member, Urban Affairs Association, American Society for
Public Administration, American Political Science Association.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Urban politics, planning and development; international and comparative
urban systems; political economy; public policy; public administration and
organizational theory.
PAST FACULTY & ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
1995-2001
Chair & Professor MPA Program, Department of Urban and Public Affairs,
College of Business and Public Administration, University of Louisville
1991–1995
Director & Professor, Ph.D. Program in Urban & Public Affairs, College of
Business & Public Administration University of Louisville
1991–1992
Director, School of Urban Policy, University of Louisville
1989-1990
Professor, School of Urban Policy, University of Louisville. Coordinator,
Master of Public Administration Program. Successfully initiated an MPA
Program and subsequently led its accreditation by the National Association of
Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
1980–1989
Professor, Urban Affairs, State University of New York at Purchase. Adjunct
Professor (since 1988) and Adjunct Associate Professor (since 1973),
Department of Politics, Graduate Faculty New York University.
1975–1980
Director, University Year for Action at SUNY, Purchase . . . supervised the
monitoring of the Housing and Community Development Acts of 1974 and
1977 within Westchester County . . . established cooperative relationships
with local agencies to evaluate policy impacts of the “urban county program.”
The success of this project also led to an enhancement grant, whereby
students in the Urban Affairs Program worked with students in the School of
the Arts to plan and revitalize an inner city area . . . the project demonstrated
the viability of interdisciplinary research, training, program implementation,
and public-private partnerships.
1974-1980
Associate Professor and Head, Urban Affairs and Public Policy Board of
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Study . . . recruited faculty and initiated an urban affairs curriculum with
primary emphasis on planning, policy analysis and studies on comparative
urbanization . . . an internship component provided students with experience
in the fields of public administration and policy research.
1973–1974
Director, Institute for Urban Studies, Jersey City, New Jersey . . . supervised
research, conducted funded training and community organization and
undertook consultation with local governments in and around Hudson County
. . . the Institute supported faculty fellows from a local college, a full time
researcher and a clerical staff . . . the Institute also published a periodical
which addressed the problems of small cities and the tri-state metropolitan
area, managed workshops for professionals and sponsored symposia for the
general public.
1969–1973
New York University, University Heights, Assistant Professor of Government
and International Relations . . . Awarded National Science Foundation grant
and Arts and Sciences grant to do comparative research on London and New
York . . . Investigated pilot projects in Offices of Neighborhood Government
and traveled to London to survey borough governance . . . Findings were
presented to the New York State Charter Revision Commission and to the
Greater London Group at the London School of Economics and Political
Science.
At University Heights, directed the Junior Honors Program for the
Government Department . . .Associate Urban and Environmental Laboratory
at New York University . . . assisted in the development of a team-taught
interdisciplinary
program
funded
by
the
Danforth
Foundation.
. . . coordinated a seminar internship program affiliated with the New York
City Government and the City University of New York.
1966–1969
LANGUAGES:
New York University, University College, Assistant to the Dean and Lecturer
on Government . . . undertook general administrative duties and counseled
Freshman students . . . established special programs for minority students
and taught courses in the Government Department.
FRENCH (FLUENT) & SPANISH (FUNCTIONAL)
EDUCATION
1971
University of Michigan: Inter University Consortium for Political Research.
Visiting Scholar, Supported by National Science Foundation Grant. . .
1965–1971
New York University: The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Received
Ph.D. Dissertation, “Power, Pluralism and the Powerless: A Study of Class,
Status and Ethnic Conflict in Three Urban Communities.”
1963–1965
Brown University, A.M.
Dated: January, 2013