Table of Contents

List of contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Changing communities and changing universities: why should we care? What can we do (N. Kleniewski). Neighborhood Politics. The shifting terrain of neighborhood politics (L. Bennett). Community political mobilization and urban governance in comparative perspective (A. DiGaetano). Regional regimes and regional power: defending Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts (J. Gerson, J. Wooding). Community and Identity. Changing communities and contested identities (L. Jezierski). Working-class women and local politics: styles of community organizing (T.L. Haywoode).