The Shifting Sands of Urban Politics, Planning And Identities

Reviews several books. "New York Chicago Los Angeles: America's Global Cities," by J. Abu-Lughod; "Cities of Difference," edited by R. Fincher and J.M. Jacobs; "Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order?," edited by P. Marcuse and R. van Kempen; "On Narrow Grounds: Urban Policy and Ethnic Conflict in Jerusalem and Belfast," by S. Bollen; "Toward Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities and Regions," by L. Sandercock.