International journal of urban and regional research Vol. 33, No. 1 march 2009

Articles

Linda Mcdowell, Adina Batnitzky, Sarah Dyer
Precarious Work and Economic Migration: Emerging Immigrant Divisions of Labour in Greater London's Service Sector

Immigration as Local Politics: Re-Bordering Immigration and Multiculturalism through Deterrence and Incapacitation
Liette Gilbert

Resisting the Entrepreneurial City: Street Vendors' Struggle in Mexico City's Historic Center
Veronica Crossa

The Consequences of the Creative Class: The Pursuit of Creativity Strategies in Australia's Cities
Rowland Atkinson, Hazel Easthope

Artists, Tourists, and the State: Cultural Tourism and the Flamenco Industry in Andalusia, Spain
Yuko Aoyama

The Niche City Idea: How a Declining Manufacturing Center Exploited the Opportunities of Globalization
John Joe Schlichtman

Legal Tenure Security, Perceived Tenure Security and Housing Improvement in Buenos Aires: An Attempt towards Integration
Jean-Louis Van Gelder

Contesting Property Development in Coastal New Zealand: A Case Study of Ocean Beach, Hawke's
Damian Collins

Fire and Ice: Unnatural Disasters and the Disposable Urban Poor in Post-Apartheid Johannesburg
Martin J. Murray

Urban Worlds

"Urban Ecological Security": A New Urban Paradigm?
Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin


Debates and Developments

Surmounting City Silences: Knowledge Creation and the Design of Urban Democracy in the Everyday Economy
Nancy Ettlinger

Re-engaging the Intersections of Media, Politics and Cities — Introduction to a Debate
Scott Rodgers, Clive Barnett, Allan Cochrane

Urban Political Economy, 'New Urban Politics' and the Media: Insights and Limits Kevin Ward

Reason in the City? Communicative Action, Media and Urban Politics
Gary Bridge

The City versus the Media? Mapping the Mobile Geographies of Public Address
Kurt Iveson

Mediating Urban Politics
Scott Rodgers, Clive Barnett, Allan Cochrane