21. Urban & Local Politics

Paul Viotti, California State University-Chico

Local-Level Clientelism? The Politics of Construction Permitting in Postcommunist Prague - Conor O'Dwyer, University of Florida; Vaclav Orcigr, Charles University in Prague

Metropolitanization of Politics and the Dissonance of Local Administration: A Comparative Analysis of Megacities and Governance in South Korea - Yooil Bae, Dong-A University

Security Close to the People: Municipalization of Public Security Policy in Brazil - Jacob R Turner, University of Notre Dame

The electoral effects of banning cars from the streets: Evidence from Barcelona’s superblocks - Albert Solé-Ollé, University of Barcelona; Celia Estruch Garcia, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), University of Barcelona; Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, Universitat de Barcelona; Filippo Tassinari, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

The Impact of Rural-to Urban Migration on Local Governance Institutions in China - Pierre F. Landry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Austin Bliss, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Xiaoyu Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Zheng Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Paul Viotti, California State University-Chico