Short Course 10-Workshop on Comparative Urban Research
SHORT COURSE 10 – WORKSHOP ON COMPARATIVE URBAN RESEARCH:
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
Sponsored by Comparative Urban Politics related group, APSA; Section on Urban Politics, APSA; Comparative Urban Studies Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Event Location: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, DC
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW Washington, DC 20004-3027
202/691-4000
As the globe shrinks and the world’s urban population continues to grow, the study of cities gains in importance. In-depth case studies, quantitative and qualitative, have their place but also significant shortcomings. Hence there is a compelling need for a comparative approach. This workshop is devoted to an exploration of the advantages, promise, and challenges in the comparative study of the politics of cities and their regions. Special attention is given to work through multimember research teams.
This workshop is divided into two parts. The first examines the comparative approach and why a trajectory dimension is useful. Members from three different research teams lay out the parameters of their projects, the special focus of each (varying from neighborhood regeneration to a multipolicy scope and on to metropolitan regions and their issues and practices). The second session takes up the practical challenges encountered in comparative urban work, pitfalls to avoid, and the special rewards it affords along with a look at teaching comparative urban research. Both sessions are structured as roundtables (not the presentation of papers) in order to provide maximum opportunity for questions and an exchange of observations and lessons learned.
Registration through the APSA website is required.
More details are available at http://apsanet.org/mtgs/program_2010/program.cfm?event=1491151.
