Volume 26 2002 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Article Index Aspects of the informal economy in a transforming country: the case of Romania Rainer Neef Bring back big government Robert W. Lake Cities for nations? Examining the city—nation-state relation in Information Age Malaysia Tim Bunnell City versus metropolis: the Northern League in the Milan Metropolitan Area John Agnew, Michael Shin and Giuseppe Bettoni Concertation and local development Angelo Pichierri Cultural districts, property rights and sustainable economic growth Walter Santagata Determinants of repayment in microcredit: evidence from programs in the United States Nitin Bhatt and Shui-Yan Tang Deterritorialization and reterritorialization of the Orisha religion in Africa and the New World (Nigeria, Cuba and the United States) Erwan Dianteill Ethnic minority enterprise in its urban context: South Asian restaurants in Birmingham Monder Ram, Trevor Jones, Tahir Abbas and Balihar Sanghera Ethnic minority participation in British and French cities: a historical- institutionalist perspective Romain Garbaye From local consciousness to global change: asserting power at the local scale Mark Pendras Geographical proximity and supplying relationships in modular production Vincent Frigant and Yannick Lung Global and world cities: a view from off the map Jennifer Robinson Immigrant place entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, 1970-99 Ivan Light Immigration and the global city hypothesis: towards an alternative research agenda Michael Samers International best practice, enabling frameworks and the policy process: a South African case study Richard Tomlinson International petty trading: changing practices in Trans-Carpathian Ukraine Allan M. Williams and Vladimir Baldaz Islam in diaspora: between reterritorialization and extraterritoriality Chantal Saint-Blancat Local autonomy, bond-rating agencies and neoliberal urbanism in the United States Jason Hackworth Negotiation of property rights in urban land in the City of Istanbul Elvan Giiloksiiz International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 216 Volume index 26 2002 New Urban Sociology in Japan: the changing debates Kazutaka Hashimoto 726 On technology, infrastructure and the contemporary urban condition: a 175 response to Coutard Stephen Graham One year on. Reflections on September 11th and the “War On Terrorism’: 591 regulating New York City’s visitors in the aftermath of September |1 th Susan S. Fainstein Packard Electric/Delphi and the birth of the autopart cluster: the case of Chihuahu, Mexico Arturo A. Lara Rivero Pilgrimage to Imeko (Nigeria): an African church in the time of the global village André Mary Place in product Harvey Molotch Plural cities and ethnic enclaves: introducing a measurement procedure for comparative study Michael Poulsen Ron Johnston and James Forrest Political government and governance: strategic planning and the reshaping of political capacity in Turin Gilles Pinson ‘Premium network spaces’: a comment Olivier Coutard Private or public: debating the meaning of tenure legalization Ann Varley Situating the city and September | Ith: military urban doctrine, ‘pop-up’ armies and spatial chess Robert Warren Social movements and public administration: spontaneous citizens’ committees in Florence Donatella della Porta and Massimiliano Andretta Space and religion: new approaches to religious spatiality in modernity Daniéle Hervieu-Léger Special Collection: Reflections on Cities, September 11th and the “War on Terrorism’ — One Year On Stephen Graham Sport as a cultural system: sports policies and (new) ethnicities in Lyon and Birmingham Lionel Arnaud The changing geography of automobile production Yannick Lung The cluster role in the development of the Thai car Industry Yveline Lecler The development and regional significance of the automotive industry: supplier parks in western Europe Anders Larsson The difference that difference makes in the mobilization of workers Nancy Ettlinger The emergence of small transnational enterprise in Vancouver: the case of Chinese entrepreneur immigrants Lloyd L. Wong and Michele Ng The future of urban sociology: report of joint sessions of the British and American Sociological Associations Beth Perry and Alan Harding The local polity as a pathway for public power: taming the business tiger during New York City’s industrial age Paul Kantor The strange respectability of the Situationist City in the society of the spectacle Erik Swyngedouw The urban geography of low-income housing: Cairo (1947-96) exemplifies a model Richard Harris and Malak Wahba The VW’s modular system and workers’ organization in Resende, Brazil José Ricardo Ramalho and Marco Aurélio Santana Understanding urban inequality: a model based on existing theories and an empirical illustration Jack Burgers and Sako Musterd Unmanning the homeland Ryan Bishop and John Phillips International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume index 26 2002 Urban development under ambiguous property rights: a case of the transition economy Jieming Zhu Urban form and globalization after September 11th: the view from New York Peter Marcuse Urban security from warfare to welfare Jennifer S. Light US bombing and Afghan civilian deaths: the official neglect of ‘unworthy’ bodies Marc W. Herold ‘Weltoffenheit schafft Jobs’: Turkish entrepreneurship and multiculturalism in Berlin Antoine Pécoud Whose place is this space? Life in the street prostitution area of Helsinki, Finland Sirpa Tani Author Index Agnew, John, Michael Shin and Giuseppe Bettoni: City versus metropolis: the Northern League in the Milan Metropolitan Area Arnaud, Lionel: Sport as a cultural system: sports policies and (new) ethnicities in Lyon and Birmingham Bhatt, Nitin and Shui-Yan Tang: Determinants of repayment in microcredit: evidence from programs in the United States Bishop, Ryan and John Phillips: Unmanning the homeland Bunnell, Tim: Cities for nations? Examining the city—nation-state relation in Information Age Malaysia Burgers, Jack and Sako Musterd: Understanding urban inequality: a model based on existing theories and an empirical illustration Coutard, Olivier: ‘Premium network spaces’: a comment della Porta, Donatella and Massimiliano Andretta: Social movements and public administration: spontaneous citizens’ committees in Florence Dianteill, Erwan: Deterritorialization and reterritorialization of the Orisha religion in Africa and the New World (Nigeria, Cuba and the United States) Ettlinger, Nancy: The difference that difference makes in the mobilization of workers Fainstein, Susan S.: One year on. Reflections on September | 1th and the ‘War On Terrorism’: regulating New York City’s visitors in the aftermath of September 11th Frigant, Vincent and Yannick Lung: Geographical proximity and supplying relationships in modular production Garbaye, Romain: Ethnic minority participation in British and French cities: a historical-institutionalist perspective Graham, Stephen: On technology, infrastructure and the contemporary urban condition: a response to Coutard Graham, Stephen: Special Collection: Reflections on Cities, September | 1th and the ‘War on Terrorism’ — One Year On Giiloksiiz, Elvan: Negotiation of property rights in urban land in the City of Istanbul Hackworth, Jason: Local autonomy, bond-rating agencies and neoliberal urbanism in the United States International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 218 Volume index 26 2002 Harris, Richard and Malak Wahba: The urban geography of low-income 58 housing: Cairo (1947-96) exemplifies a model Hashimoto, Kazutaka: New Urban Sociology in Japan: the changing debates Herold, Marc W.: US bombing and Afghan civilian deaths: the official neglect of ‘unworthy’ bodies Hervieu-Léger, Daniéle: Space and religion: new approaches to religious spatiality in modernity Kantor, Paul: The local polity as a pathway for public power: taming the business tiger during New York City’s industrial age Lake, Robert W.: Bring back big government Lara Rivero, Arturo A.: Packard Electric/Delphi and the birth of the autopart cluster: the case of Chihuahu, Mexico Larsson, Anders: The development and regional significance of the automotive industry: supplier parks in western Europe Lecler, Yveline: The cluster role in the development of the Thai car Industry Light, Ivan: Immigrant place entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, 1970-99 Light, Jennifer S.: Urban security from warfare to welfare Lung, Yannick: The changing geography of automobile production Marcuse, Peter: Urban form and globalization after September | 1th: the view from New York Mary, André: Pilgrimage to Imeko (Nigeria): an African church in the time of the global village Molotch, Harvey: Place in product Neef, Rainer: Aspects of the informal economy in a transforming country: the case of Romania Pécoud, Antoine: ‘Weltoffenheit schafft Jobs’: Turkish entrepreneurship and multiculturalism in Berlin Pendras, Mark: From local consciousness to global change: asserting power at the local scale Perry, Beth and Alan Harding: The future of urban sociology: report of joint sessions of the British and American Socioiogical Associations Pichierri, Angelo: Concertation and local development Pinson, Gilles: Political government and governance: strategic planning and the reshaping of political capacity in Turin Poulsen, Michael Ron Johnston and James Forrest: Plural cities and ethnic enclaves: introducing a measurement procedure for comparative study Ram, Monder, Trevor Jones, Tahir Abbas and Balihar Sanghera: Ethnic minority enterprise in its urban context: South Asian restaurants in Birmingham Ricardo Ramalho, José and Marco Aurélio Santana: The VW’s modular system and workers’ organization in Resende, Brazil Robinson, Jennifer: Global and world cities: a view from off the map Saint-Blancat, Chantal: Islam in diaspora: between reterritorialization and extraterritoriality Samers, Michael: Immigration and the global city hypothesis: towards an alternative research agenda Santagata, Walter: Cultural districts, property rights and sustainable economic growth International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Volume index 26 2002 Swyngedouw, Erik: The strange respectability of the Situationist City in the society of the spectacle Tani, Sirpa: Whose place is this space? Life in the street prostitution area of Helsinki, Finland Tomlinson, Richard: International best practice, enabling frameworks and the policy process: a South African case study Varley, Ann: Private or public: debating the meaning of tenure legalization Warren, Robert: Situating the city and September | Ith: military urban doctrine, ‘pop-up’ armies and spatial chess Williams, Allan M. and Vladimir Baldz: International petty trading: changing practices in Trans-Carpathian Ukraine Wong, Lloyd L. and Michele Ng: The emergence of small transnational enterprise in Vancouver: the case of Chinese entrepreneur immigrants Zhu, Jieming: Urban development under ambiguous property rights: a case of the transition economy Book Reviews Allmendinger, Philip and Michael Chapman (eds.) Planning beyond 2000 Reviewer: Sebastian Miller Birdwell-Pheasant, Donna and Denise Lawrence-Zuniga (eds.) 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