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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Chapter 1: Knowledge and Craft of Urban Agendas -- 1 Urban Agendas as Planning Efforts Infused with Politics -- 2 Between Low and High Politics -- 3 Definitions and Scopes for Urban Agendas -- 4 A Changing Geography -- 5 What's Urban in National Urban Agendas? -- 6 Reframing Cities Within National Urban Agendas -- References -- Part I: The "Old" Geography: Between Continuity and Change -- Chapter 2: Urban Policies in France: Stronger Metropolises and Steering State -- 1 Introduction -- 2 1945-1980: The State as the Major Actor of Urban Planning and Regional Development -- 2.1 Urban Planning Policies: The Central State as the Orchestrator of Reconstruction and Urbanization -- 2.2 Regional Development Policies: Strengthening Regional Main Cities to Counterbalance the Economic Dominance of Paris -- 2.3 Urban Constituent Policies: The Timid Creation of Intermunicipal Cooperation Bodies -- 3 1980-2000: Decentralization Reforms and the Rise of Cities -- 3.1 Urban Planning Policies: The Invention of the "Politique de la Ville" -- 3.2 Regional Development Policies: From State-Led Projects to the Endogenous Development of Cities and Regions -- 3.3 Urban Constituent Policies: The Decentralization Reforms and Their Urban Blind Spot -- 4 2000-2022: Strategic State and Emancipated Metropolises -- 4.1 Urban Planning Policies: Place-Selling Policies and Urban Renewal -- 4.2 Regional Development Policies: The Affirmation of Metropolitan Regions and Interterritorial Competition by the State … and Their Political Backlash -- 4.3 Urban Constituent Policies: Metropolises Complete Their Affirmation Despite Signs of Recentralization -- 5 Conclusion -- References.

This book utilises comparative diachronic and synchronic analyses to investigate models of national urban agendas. Encompassing cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, it examines the changing global geography of national urban agendas since the second post-war period. The book demonstrates that whilst some discontinuities and differences exist between countries, they each demonstrate a common systematic investment in urban policies, that are considered as programmes of intervention and funding schemes for cities. Furthermore, in such programmes a political vision is evident which recognizes an important role for cities and urbanization processes at a national level. The book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, urban planning and public administration, as well as practitioners and policymakers at the national and local levels. Francesca Gelli is Associate Professor of Political Science at University Iuav of Venice, Italy. Matteo Basso is Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University Iuav of Venice, Italy.