NICK BUCK is Professor and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, UK.

IAN GORDON is Professor of Human Geography, London School of Economics, UK.

ALAN HARDING is Professor of Urban and Regional Governance and Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures, Salford University, UK.

IVAN TUROK is Professor of Urban Economic Development, University of Glasgow, UK.

Cities in the New Conventional Wisdom; I.Gordon & [...]
PART I: CONCEPTS
Cities, Competition and Competitiveness: Identifying New Connections; [...]
Social Cohesion in Cities; [...]
Governance and Socio-economic Change in Cities; A.Harding
Integrating Cities; I.Gordon
PART II: KEY SECTORS, PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS
Knowledge, Innovation and the Competitiveness of Cities; [...] & J. Simmie
The Locational Dynamics of Financial Services in Regional Cities; N.Bailey & S.French
Urban Dilemmas of Competition and Cohesion in Cultural Policy; K.Bassett, [...], [...] & J.O'Connor
Neighbourhoods and Poverty: Linking Place and Social Exclusion; R.Atkinson, [...] & K.Kintrea
Gentrification; T.Butler
Governance, Social Cohesion and Neighbourhood Participation; R.Goodlad & R.Meegan
Synchronization, Salesmanship and Service Delivery: Governance and Urban Competitiveness; [...]
Urban Properties: Spaces, Places and the Property Business; [...], J.Henneberry & G.Bramley
How Urban Labour Markets Matter; I.Gordon & [...]
Conclusion: Moving Beyond the Conventional Wisdom; [...], I.Gordon, A.Harding & [...].