''Governing from Below is by far the best work around on the local/global connection, a rich and nuanced study of eleven cities spread across France, Germany, and the United States. Contrary to assumptions that global imperatives control today's urban world, Sellers shows that local governance still matters.''
- Clarence N. Stone, University of Maryland
''Sellers's study shows that the site of political struggle over the shaping of citizens' life chances in postindustrial polities is local and regional. Previous research on the democratic process and political economic outcomes in postindustrial polities has all too easily ignored the importance of regional and metropolitan space. Anyone who takes the methodological imperative to study micrologics of political action serious should turn to this study for inspiration.''
- Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University
1. Places in the Global Economy
2. Postindustrial Transformation and the Service City
3. The Real World of Decentralization
4. Governing Within Urban Regions
5. The Making of Urban Regimes
6. Urban Governance and the Global Economy