"Sponsored by the International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Regional and Urban Development."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Michael Harloe -- Managers, Technical Experts and the State : Forms of Mediation, Manipulation and Dominance in Urban and Regional Development / R.E. Pahl -- Towards a Political Urban Sociology / Manuel Castells -- Regional Policy Research : Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems / Elizabeth Lebas -- Theoretical Elements for a Marxist Analysis of Urban Development / Enzo Mingione -- Land and Social Conflict in the Cities of Southern Italy : An Analysis of the Housing Question in Messina / Nella Ginatempo and Antonella Cammarota -- Government Policies, Financial Institutions and Neighborhood Change in United States Cities / David Harvey -- Big Firms' Strategies, Urban Policy and Urban Social Movements / Jean Lojkine -- Social Conflicts of Underurbanization / Gyorgy Konrad and Ivan Szelenyi -- From 'Social Base' to 'Social Force' : Some Analytical Issues in the Study of Urban Protest / C.G.Pickvance -- Urban Movements in Spain / Jordi Borja