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In this episode, we’re speaking with Claudia Gastrow, author of The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism and City Building in Oil-Boom Luanda, published in 2024 by University of North Carolina Press. The Aesthetics of Belonging draws on archival and ethnographic research to explore the political significance of aesthetics in the remaking of Luanda. Get the book! The Aesthetics of Belonging: Indigenous Urbanism and City Building in Oil-Boom Luanda, by Claudia Gastrow. UNC Press, 2024. Guest Claudia Gastrow, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, NC State Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in for our conversation with Willow Lung-Amam, author of The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge, published in 2024 by UC Press. The Right to Suburbia chronicles the efforts of community activists, political leaders, and community groups in three Washington, D.C.-area suburbs to push back on the displacement effects of new development in their communities. Get the book! The Right to Suburbia: Combating Gentrification on the Urban Edge, by Willow S. Lung-Amam, University of California Press, 2024. Guest Willow Lung-Amam, Associate Professor, University of Maryland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to our conversation with Gregg Colburn, co-author with Rebecca Walter of Affordable Housing in the United States, published in 2024 by Routledge. Affordable Housing in the United States offers a comprehensive and accessible guide for students and practitioners on affordable housing policy and best practices, along with well-researched case studies on the approaches of three different cities: Chicago, Seattle, and San Antonio. We discuss the book itself, and wade into the more recent challenges and uncertainties around affordable housing provision and preservation under a new federal administration. Get the book! Affordable Housing the United States, by Gregg Colburn and Rebecca J. Walter. Routledge, 2024. Guest Gregg Colburn, Associate Professor, University of Washington Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tune in to our discussion with co-authors Thad Williamson and Julian Hayter about their new book, The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond (2024). The book explores the fraught history of Richmond, VA, a mid-sized city working to emerge from the shadows of its early history as the capital of the Confederacy and the challenges of urban decline in recent decades. Drawing on multidisciplinary methods, The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond analyzes the root causes and internal dynamics that have shaped the city over time through close examinations of education policy, economic development, and housing. Get the book! The Making of 21st Century Richmond: Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016, by Thad Williamson, Julian M. Hayter, and Amy L. Howard. University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Guests Thad Williamson, Professor, University of Richmond Julian M. Hayter, Professor, University of Richmond Amy L. Howard, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement, University of Richmond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an exploration of the failed Philadelphia 76ers Arena Proposal in Center City. First proposed in 2022 with promises to revitalize the faltering Market East corridor, the arena generated tremendous and widespread backlash from communities across the city and region. The project, which was publicly and strongly backed by Mayor Cherelle Parker, was ultimately cancelled in early 2025, only a few weeks after the City Council approved it.   In this four-part miniseries, we dig into this contested and complex megaproject proposal through different lenses: the evolving economic geography of Market East in the 20th century; the actual benefits and drawbacks of publicly-funded arena and stadium projects for local taxpayers; the important role of activists in Chinatown and the city’s medical community; and what the future might hold for the Market East corridor now that the promised arena has been abandoned.     Guests  Arthur Acolin, Associate Professor of Real Estate, University of Washington  J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University   Vivian Chang, Executive Director, Asian Americans United (AAU)  Randall Drain, MD  Jody Holton, Chief Planning & Strategy Officer, SEPTA  Brad Humphreys, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University  William King, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society; National Medical Association  Joel Maxcy, Department Head and Professor of Sports Business and General Business, Drexel University  Mohan Seshadri, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)  Harris Steinberg, FAIA, Founding Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation  Walter Tsou, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society, President; former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an exploration of the failed Philadelphia 76ers Arena Proposal in Center City. First proposed in 2022 with promises to revitalize the faltering Market East corridor, the arena generated tremendous and widespread backlash from communities across the city and region. The project, which was publicly and strongly backed by Mayor Cherelle Parker, was ultimately cancelled in early 2025, only a few weeks after the City Council approved it.   In this four-part miniseries, we dig into this contested and complex megaproject proposal through different lenses: the evolving economic geography of Market East in the 20th century; the actual benefits and drawbacks of publicly-funded arena and stadium projects for local taxpayers; the important role of activists in Chinatown and the city’s medical community; and what the future might hold for the Market East corridor now that the promised arena has been abandoned.     Guests  Arthur Acolin, Associate Professor of Real Estate, University of Washington  J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University   Vivian Chang, Executive Director, Asian Americans United (AAU)  Randall Drain, MD  Jody Holton, Chief Planning & Strategy Officer, SEPTA  Brad Humphreys, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University  William King, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society; National Medical Association  Joel Maxcy, Department Head and Professor of Sports Business and General Business, Drexel University  Mohan Seshadri, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)  Harris Steinberg, FAIA, Founding Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation  Walter Tsou, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society, President; former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an exploration of the failed Philadelphia 76ers Arena Proposal in Center City. First proposed in 2022 with promises to revitalize the faltering Market East corridor, the arena generated tremendous and widespread backlash from communities across the city and region. The project, which was publicly and strongly backed by Mayor Cherelle Parker, was ultimately cancelled in early 2025, only a few weeks after the City Council approved it.   In this four-part miniseries, we dig into this contested and complex megaproject proposal through different lenses: the evolving economic geography of Market East in the 20th century; the actual benefits and drawbacks of publicly-funded arena and stadium projects for local taxpayers; the important role of activists in Chinatown and the city’s medical community; and what the future might hold for the Market East corridor now that the promised arena has been abandoned.     Guests  Arthur Acolin, Associate Professor of Real Estate, University of Washington  J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University   Vivian Chang, Executive Director, Asian Americans United (AAU)  Randall Drain, MD  Jody Holton, Chief Planning & Strategy Officer, SEPTA  Brad Humphreys, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University  William King, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society; National Medical Association  Joel Maxcy, Department Head and Professor of Sports Business and General Business, Drexel University  Mohan Seshadri, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)  Harris Steinberg, FAIA, Founding Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation  Walter Tsou, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society, President; former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an exploration of the failed Philadelphia 76ers Arena Proposal in Center City. First proposed in 2022 with promises to revitalize the faltering Market East corridor, the arena generated tremendous and widespread backlash from communities across the city and region. The project, which was publicly and strongly backed by Mayor Cherelle Parker, was ultimately cancelled in early 2025, only a few weeks after the City Council approved it.   In this four-part miniseries, we dig into this contested and complex megaproject proposal through different lenses: the evolving economic geography of Market East in the 20th century; the actual benefits and drawbacks of publicly-funded arena and stadium projects for local taxpayers; the important role of activists in Chinatown and the city’s medical community; and what the future might hold for the Market East corridor now that the promised arena has been abandoned.     Guests  Arthur Acolin, Associate Professor of Real Estate, University of Washington  J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University   Vivian Chang, Executive Director, Asian Americans United (AAU)  Randall Drain, MD  Jody Holton, Chief Planning & Strategy Officer, SEPTA  Brad Humphreys, Professor of Economics, West Virginia University  William King, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society; National Medical Association  Joel Maxcy, Department Head and Professor of Sports Business and General Business, Drexel University  Mohan Seshadri, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA)  Harris Steinberg, FAIA, Founding Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation  Walter Tsou, MD, Philadelphia County Medical Society, President; former Health Commissioner of Philadelphia  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for our conversation with Dr. Kristin Skrabut, author of Unruly Domestication: Poverty, Family, and Statecraft in Urban Peru, published in 2024 by the University of Texas Press. Unruly Domestication explores how Peru's "war on poverty" took shape in the city of Lima through extensive ethnographic research to better understand how the politics of poverty, statecraft, and family structure become entangled. Guest Kristin Skrabut, Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning, Tufts University Get the book! Unruly Domestication: Poverty, Family, and Statecraft in Urban Peru by Kristin Skrabut, University of Texas Press, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy, authors of Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation, published by University of Minnesota Press. Solidarity Cities explores the diverse practices of cooperation and mutual support as alternatives to racial capitalism through case studies of Philadelphia, Worcester, MA, and New York City. Get the book!Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation. Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovska, Craig Borowiak, and Stephen Healy. University of Minnesota Press, 2025. [OPEN ACCESS] GuestsMaliha Safri, Professor, Drew University Marianna Pavlovskaya, Professor, Hunter College Craig Borowiak, Professor, Haverford College Stephen Healy, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Alissa Walter, author of Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad published in 2025 by Stanford University Press. Contested City charts the political history of modern Baghdad and how residents navigated and negotiated with the state through periods of economic growth, war, and sanctions. Get the book!Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Modern Baghdad. Alissa Walter. Stanford University Press, 2025. GuestAlissa Walter, Associate Professor of History, Seattle Pacific University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Ben Bradlow, author of Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg published in 2024 by Princeton University Press. Urban Power examines how social inequalities are created and addressed through the urban built environment by comparing the case studies of São Paulo and Johannesburg. Get the book!Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg, Benjamin Bradlow. Princeton University Press, 2024. GuestBen Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Theodore Greene, author of Not in My Gayborhood! Gay Neighborhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen from Columbia University Press (2024). Not in My Gayborhood explores “gayborhoods” in Washington, DC, Greene investigates how neighborhoods retain their cultural identities even as their inhabitants change. Get the book! Not in My Gayborhood! Gay Neighboorhoods and the Rise of the Vicarious Citizen, Columbia University Press (2024) Guest: Theo Greene, Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Lawrence Vale and Zachary Lamb, co-authors of The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis, published in 2024 by MIT Press. Their book, which draws on research from twelve unique case studies around the world, asks how cities can respond to climate change and still commit to maintaining and improving the lives of their most disadvantaged residents.   Links:  The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis (OPEN ACCESS)  The Resilient Cities Housing Initiative, MIT  The Equitably Resilient City, MIT    Guests:  Lawrence Vale, MIT  Zachary Lamb, UC Berkeley  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this two-part miniseries, UAR Remixed speaks with several authors from the journal’s recent symposium, “The Intrinsic Relationship between Local Politics and Public Health.” We speak with the authors about their research, which covers a wide breadth of topics and ideas at the intersection of public health and politics in local contexts. In Part 1, we meet the authors and learn more about the big questions and pressing issues that prompted them to do this research. In Part 2, we’ll be thinking about the inherently political nature of public health policy, and how our present political climate is affecting public health research and institutions at the local level.    The Symposium  Guests Nátalia de Paula Moreira, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher, Wesleyan University.  Sarah Gollust, PhD. Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota.  Andrew Kelly, PhD. Associate Professor of Public Health, Cal State East Bay. Didi Kuo, PhD. Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.  Holly Jarman, PhD. Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, University of Michigan.  Patricia Strach, PhD. Professor, Political Science, University at Albany.  Kathleen Sullivan, PhD. Professor, Political Science, Ohio University.  Charley Willison, PhD. Assistant Professor of Public Health at Cornell University.  The Collaborative on Media and Messaging (COMM) Public Health Governance Lab Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this two-part miniseries, UAR Remixed speaks with several authors from the journal’s recent symposium, “The Intrinsic Relationship between Local Politics and Public Health.” We speak with the authors about their research, which covers a wide breadth of topics and ideas at the intersection of public health and politics in local contexts. In Part 1, we meet the authors and learn more about the big questions and pressing issues that prompted them to do this research. In Part 2, we’ll be thinking about the inherently political nature of public health policy, and how our present political climate is affecting public health research and institutions at the local level.    The Symposium  Guests Nátalia de Paula Moreira, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher, Wesleyan University.  Sarah Gollust, PhD. Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota.  Andrew Kelley, PhD. Assistant Professor of Public Health, Cal State East Bay. Didi Kuo, PhD. Center Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.  Holly Jarman, PhD. Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, University of Michigan.  Patricia Strach, PhD. Professor, Political Science, University at Albany.  Kathleen Sullivan, PhD. Professor, Political Science, Ohio University.  Charley Willison, PhD. Assistant Professor of Public Health at Cornell University.  The Collaborative on Media and Messaging (COMM) Public Health Governance Lab Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking closely at New York City’s political development since the 1970s, three “political orders”—conservativism, neoliberalism, and egalitarianism—emerged. In Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City, Timothy Weaver argues that the intercurrent impact of these orders has created a constant battle for power. Weaver brings these clashes to the fore by showing how New York City politics has been shaped by these conflicting orders. He examines the transformation of the city’s political economy in the aftermath of the 1975 fiscal crisis through neoliberal real estate development and privatization, the conservative rise of law-and-order politics in the 1970s to 1990s, and the efforts of the city’s egalitarians to respond to each of these shifts through social movements such as Occupy and Black Lives Matter. Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City belies glib assumptions about the city’s liberal character. Weaver reveals the metropolis not as a homogenous political whole, but as a site in which the victories and defeats of rival political forces change the terms of local citizenship for the millions of residents who call the city home. Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by Richardson Dilworth, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University. Credits  Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Political scientist Richardson Dilworth tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching themselves). Dilworth addresses Philadelphia’s early development through the present day, including momentous changes from its new city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition. Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors Frank Rizzo, Wilson Goode, and Ed Rendell, as well as John Street, Michael Nutter, and Jim Kenney to illustrate how power and resistance function, and how Philadelphia’s political history and reform cycles offer a conceptual model that can easily be applied to other cities. Reforming Philadelphia provides a new framework for understanding the evolving relationship between national politics and local, city politics. Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by Richardson Dilworth, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University. Credits  Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This special series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” is presented courtesy of Temple University Press. In this episode, you'll hear from Jennifer A. Heerwig (Stony Brook University) and Brian J. McCabe (Georgetown University) about their book, Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections in Seattle. In 2017, Seattle inaugurated a new way for citizens to be involved in democracy: they introduced publicly financed vouchers for voters to donate to local candidates. The innovative plan is designed to level the playing field in campaign financing. Through the vouchers, residents allocate dollars to candidates of their choice in local elections, putting political money directly in the hands of voters. The intent is to increase political participation and ameliorate the long-standing representational inequalities of private donations. Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections in Seattle critically evaluates the success and impact of this program. Jennifer Heerwig and Brian J. McCabe emphasize how local elections now attract a much wider and more diverse field of both donors and candidates. They also consider external threats to the program, from litigation about the constitutionality of a voucher program to the rise of independent expenditures. Offering important lessons on how other cities can adopt a similar program, this compelling case study also highlights the obstacles that will likely arise in its implementation. Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by Richardson Dilworth, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University. Credits  Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This special series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” is presented courtesy of Temple University Press. In this episode, you'll hear from Els de Graauw (Baruch College/CUNY Graduate Center) and Shannon Gleeson (Cornell University) about their book, "Advancing Immigrant Rights in Houston." Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the United States and has long been a prime destination for international migrants from Latin America, Asia, and more recently, Africa. However, the city is politically mixed, organizationally underserved, and situated in a relatively anti-immigrant state. This makes Houston a challenging context for immigrant rights despite its rapidly diversifying population. Els de Graauw and Shannon Gleeson recount how local and multi-level contexts shape the creation, contestation, and implementation of immigrant rights policies and practices in the city. They examine the development of a city immigrant affairs office, interactions between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement officials, local public-private partnerships around federal immigration benefits, and collaborations between labor, immigrant rights, faith, and business leaders to combat wage theft. The case study of Houston provides a bellwether for how other U.S. cities will deal with their growing immigrant populations and underscores the importance of public-private collaborations to advance immigrant rights. Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by Richardson Dilworth, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.