The author considers the relevance of American urban theories, particularly regime approaches, to an understanding of development politics cross-nationally. Studying recent developments in Berlin, she suggests that both political and cultural characteristics influence the nature of local coalition building. In Berlin, patterns of federal support, the nature of the state bureaucracy, and the weak organization of the private sector have all shaped the city's approach to redevelopment. In addition, architects and architectural debates have historically carried great weight in Berlin's planning culture.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
53% der Berliner laut Umfrage füu Olympia. 1993. Der Tagesspiegel, 19 January, 10.
2.
Becker, H. 1992. Geschichte der Architektur- und Städtebauwettbewerbe. Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
3.
Blanke, B. 1991. Staat und Stadt. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
4.
Breckner, I., H. Heinelt, M. Krummacher, D. Oelschlägel, T. Rommelspacher, and K. Schmals. 1989. Armut im Reichtum. Bochum, Germany: Germinal Verlag.
5.
Bullmann, U. 1991. Zur "Identität der lokalen Ebene": Aussichten zwischen kommunaler Praxis und politikwissenschaftlicher Theorie. In Staat und Stadt, edited by B. Blanke, 72-92. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
6.
Calavita, N. , and C. Carbone. 1994. Urban planning, windfalls and politics: A comparison of two cities. Paper presented at the conference Shaping the Urban Future: International Perspectives and Exchanges, Bristol, UK, July.
7.
Campbell, S. 1990. Cold war metropolis: Urban development and economic policy in West Berlin. Ph.D. diss., Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley.
8.
Clarke, S. E. , and M. Mayer. 1986. Responding to grassroots discontent: Germany and the United States. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research10 (September): 401-417.
9.
Craig, G.1982. The Germans. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
10.
Dangschat, J. S. , and J. Ossenbrügge. 1990. Hamburg:. Crisis management, urban regeneration, and social democrats. In Leadership and urban regeneration: Cities in North America and Europe, edited by D. Judd and M. Parkinson, 86-105. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
11.
DiGaetano, A. , and J. S. Klemanski. 1993. Urban regimes in comparative perspective: The politics of urban development in Britain. Urban Affairs Quarterly29 (1): 54-83.
12.
DiGaetano, A. , and J. S. Klemanski. 1994. Comparative urban regimes: Regime formation and reformation in the UK and the US. Paper presented at the conference Shaping the Urban Future: International Perspectives and Exchanges, Bristol, UK, July.
13.
Elkin, S. L.1987. City and regime in the American republic. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
14.
Fainstein, S.1994. The city builders: Property, politics and planning in London and New York. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
15.
Feagin, J. R. , and M. P. Smith. 1987. Cities and the new international division of labor: An overview. In The capitalist city, edited by M. P. Smith and J. R. Feagin, 3-34. Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell.
16.
Friedland, R.1982. Power and crisis in the city. London: Macmillan.
17.
Gunlicks, A. B.1986. Local government in the German federal system. Durham, NC: Duke Univ. Press.
18.
Gurr, T. R. , and D. S. King. 1987. The state and the city. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
19.
Hager, C. J.1992. Democratizing technology: Citizen and state in West German energy politics, 1974-1990. Polity26 (1): 45-70.
20.
Hancock, M. D.1988. West Germany: The politics of democratic corporatism. Chatham, NJ: Chatham House.
21.
Harding, A.1994. Urban regimes and growth machines: Toward a cross-national research agenda. Urban Affairs Quarterly29 (3): 356-382.
22.
Häußermann, H. 1991. Die Bedeutung" lokaler Politik"—neue Forschung zu einemalte Thema. In Staat und Stadt, edited by B. Blanke, 35-50. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
23.
Häußermann, H., and W. Siebel. 1987. Neue Urbanität. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.
24.
Häußermann, H., and W. Siebel. eds. 1993. Festivalisierung der Stadtpolitik: Stadtentwicklung durch große Projekte. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
25.
Häußermann, H. , and E. Strom. 1994. Berlin: The once and future capital. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research16 (2): 336-346.
26.
Heß, H.-J. 1984. Innerparteiliche Gruppenbildung: Macht- und Demokratieverlust einer politischen Partei am Beispiel der Berliner SPD in den Jahren von 1963 bis 1981. Bonn: Verlag Neue Gesellschaft.
27.
Heinelt, H., and M. Mayer, eds. 1993. Politikin europäische Städten—Fallstudien zur Bedeutung lokaler Politik. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser.
28.
Heinz, W., ed. 1993. Public private partnership—ein neuer Weg zur Stadtentwicklung? Stuttgart, Germany: Kohlhammer.
29.
Hesse, J. J. 1987. Zur Situation der Kommunalen Selbstverwaltung Heute: Stadtpolitik und Kommunale Selbstverwaltung im Umbruch. Baden Baden, Germany: Nomos.
30.
Hesse, J. J., and H. Ganseforth. 1983. Staat und Gemeinde zwischen Konflikt und Kooperation. Baden Baden, Germany: Nomos.
31.
Judd, D. , and M. Parkinson, eds. 1990. Leadership and urban regeneration. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
32.
Karapin, R. 1994. New-left social movements and public policy in West Germany, 1969-1989: Influence on policy-making through challenger-elite cooperation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, September.
33.
Katzenstein, P.1987. Policy and politics in West Germany. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press.
34.
Keating, M.1991. Comparative urban politics. Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar.
35.
Keil, R. , and P. Lieser. 1992. Global city—Local politics. Comparative Urban and Community Research4:39-69.
36.
Krätke, S. 1991. Berlins Umbau zur neuen Metropolis. Leviathan 19 (3): 327-52.
37.
Kvistad, G. O.1988. Radicals and the state: Political demands on German civil servants. Comparative Political Studies21 (April): 95-125.
38.
Levine, M. A.1994. The transformation of urban politics in France: The roots of growth politics and urban regimes. Urban Affairs Quarterly29 (3): 383-410.
39.
Lijphart, A.1971. Comparative politics and the comparative method. American Political Science Review65 (3): 682-693.
40.
Logan, J. R. , and H. L. Molotch. 1987. Urban fortunes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. of California Press.
41.
Mayer, M.1987. Restructuring and popular opposition in West German cities. In The capitalist city, edited by M. P. Smith and J. R. Feagin, 343-363. Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell.
42.
Mayer, M. 1991. Neue Trends in der Stadtpolitik—eine Herausforderung für die Lokale Politikforschung. In Staat und Stadt, edited by B. Blanke, 51-71. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
43.
Mény, Y.1993. Government and politics in Western Europe. Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press.
44.
Mollenkopf, J. H.1983. The contested city. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
45.
Molotch, H.1993. The political economy of growth machines. Journal of Urban Affairs15 (1): 29-53.
46.
Molotch, H. , and S. Vicari. 1988. Three ways to build: The development process in the United States, Japan and Italy. Urban Affairs Quarterly24 (2): 188-214.
47.
Naßmacher, K.-H. 1991. Kommunale Wirschaftspolitik. In Staat und Stadt, edited by B. Blanke, 440-60. Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag.
48.
Peterson, P.1981. City limits. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
49.
Roth, R., and D. Rucht. 1987. Neue Soziale Bewegungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung.
50.
Sassen, S.1991. The global city: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
51.
Savitch, H. V.1988. Post-industrial cities. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
