Michael Peter Smith is a distinguished research professor in community studies and development at the University of California, Davis. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twenty-two books and is editor of Transaction's Comparative Urban and Community Research series. L. Owen Kirkpatrick is assistant professor of sociology at Southern Methodist University, USa. He is the author of Sovereignty and the Fragmented City.

• Introduction Reinventing Detroit: Urban Decline and the Politics of Possibility Michael Peter Smith and L. Owen KirkpatrickPart I: Theoretical and Epistemological Frameworks1 Rereading Detroit: Toward a Polanyian Methodology L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Michael Peter Smith2 The Spontaneous Sociology of Detroit's Hyper-Crisis Mathieu Hikaru Desan and George Steinmetz3 Learning from Detroit: How Research on a Declining City Enriches Urban Studies Margaret Dewar, Matthew Weber, Eric Seymour, Meagan Elliott, and Patrick Cooper-McCannPart II: How we Got Here: Cities, the State, and Markets4 National Urban Policy and the Fate of Detroit William K. Tabb5 The Normalization of Market Fundamentalism in Detroit: The Case of Land Abandonment Jason HackworthPart III: W here we Are: Fiscal Crisis, Local Democracy, and Neoliberal Austerity6 Detroit in Bankruptcy Reynolds Farley7 Democracy vs. Efficiency in Detroit John Gallagher8 Ritual and Redistribution in De-democratized Detroit L. Owen Kirkpatrick9 Framing Detroit Jamie PeckPart IV: Where we Are Going: Pitfalls and Possibilities10 Detroit Prospects: Why Recovery is Elusive Peter Eisinger11 A Community Wealth-Building Vision for Detroit and Beyond Gar Alperowitz and Steve Dubb12 The Cooperative City: New Visions for Urban Futures David Fasenfest13 Which Way, Detroit? Peter MarcuseAbout the ContributorsIndex

Michael Peter Smith is a distinguished research professor in community studies and development at the University of California, Davis. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twenty-two books and is editor of Transaction's Comparative Urban and Community Research series. L. Owen Kirkpatrick is assistant professor of sociology at Southern Methodist University, USa. He is the author of Sovereignty and the Fragmented City.

• Introduction Reinventing Detroit: Urban Decline and the Politics of Possibility Michael Peter Smith and L. Owen KirkpatrickPart I: Theoretical and Epistemological Frameworks1 Rereading Detroit: Toward a Polanyian Methodology L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Michael Peter Smith2 The Spontaneous Sociology of Detroit's Hyper-Crisis Mathieu Hikaru Desan and George Steinmetz3 Learning from Detroit: How Research on a Declining City Enriches Urban Studies Margaret Dewar, Matthew Weber, Eric Seymour, Meagan Elliott, and Patrick Cooper-McCannPart II: How we Got Here: Cities, the State, and Markets4 National Urban Policy and the Fate of Detroit William K. Tabb5 The Normalization of Market Fundamentalism in Detroit: The Case of Land Abandonment Jason HackworthPart III: W here we Are: Fiscal Crisis, Local Democracy, and Neoliberal Austerity6 Detroit in Bankruptcy Reynolds Farley7 Democracy vs. Efficiency in Detroit John Gallagher8 Ritual and Redistribution in De-democratized Detroit L. Owen Kirkpatrick9 Framing Detroit Jamie PeckPart IV: Where we Are Going: Pitfalls and Possibilities10 Detroit Prospects: Why Recovery is Elusive Peter Eisinger11 A Community Wealth-Building Vision for Detroit and Beyond Gar Alperowitz and Steve Dubb12 The Cooperative City: New Visions for Urban Futures David Fasenfest13 Which Way, Detroit? Peter MarcuseAbout the ContributorsIndex

Michael Peter Smith is a distinguished research professor in community studies and development at the University of California, Davis. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twenty-two books and is editor of Transaction's Comparative Urban and Community Research series. L. Owen Kirkpatrick is assistant professor of sociology at Southern Methodist University, USa. He is the author of Sovereignty and the Fragmented City.

• Introduction Reinventing Detroit: Urban Decline and the Politics of Possibility Michael Peter Smith and L. Owen KirkpatrickPart I: Theoretical and Epistemological Frameworks1 Rereading Detroit: Toward a Polanyian Methodology L. Owen Kirkpatrick and Michael Peter Smith2 The Spontaneous Sociology of Detroit's Hyper-Crisis Mathieu Hikaru Desan and George Steinmetz3 Learning from Detroit: How Research on a Declining City Enriches Urban Studies Margaret Dewar, Matthew Weber, Eric Seymour, Meagan Elliott, and Patrick Cooper-McCannPart II: How we Got Here: Cities, the State, and Markets4 National Urban Policy and the Fate of Detroit William K. Tabb5 The Normalization of Market Fundamentalism in Detroit: The Case of Land Abandonment Jason HackworthPart III: W here we Are: Fiscal Crisis, Local Democracy, and Neoliberal Austerity6 Detroit in Bankruptcy Reynolds Farley7 Democracy vs. Efficiency in Detroit John Gallagher8 Ritual and Redistribution in De-democratized Detroit L. Owen Kirkpatrick9 Framing Detroit Jamie PeckPart IV: Where we Are Going: Pitfalls and Possibilities10 Detroit Prospects: Why Recovery is Elusive Peter Eisinger11 A Community Wealth-Building Vision for Detroit and Beyond Gar Alperowitz and Steve Dubb12 The Cooperative City: New Visions for Urban Futures David Fasenfest13 Which Way, Detroit? Peter MarcuseAbout the ContributorsIndex