Jefferey M. Sellers

Jefferey M. Sellers, Department of Political Science

Current Projects

My current work addresses issues in comparative politics, urban politics, local democracy and the study of urban regions. The common focal point is an urban (and local) perspective on democracy in the United States and around the world. This work focuses increasingly on developing and transitional countries as well as the OECD.

Comparative and Urban Politics as a Research Agenda

"State-Society Relations Beyond the Weberian State," in M.Bevir (ed.), Sage Handbook of Governance (forthcoming).

"Sociolegal Studies and Urban Governance: Mapping an Interdisciplinary Frontier," Canadian Journal of Law and Society 2(2): 245-248 (2007).

(with Peter John) "Solving the the 'Levels of Analysis Problem': Scalability and Local Autonomy in Comparative Politics"
(paper presented at International Political Science Association Annual Meeting, July 2006).

"Replacing the Nation: An Agenda for Comparative Urban Politics" Urban Affairs Review 40(4): 419-445 (2005).

Local Governance and Civil Society in Global Perspective

(with Anders Lidström and Yooil Bae) Points of Governance: Local Democracy and Civil Society in Global Perspective (book manuscript, in process).

(with Sun-Young Kwak) "State and Society in Local Governance: Lessons From a Multilevel Comparison " (forthcoming, International
Journal of Urban and Regional Research ).

"Desalination Policy in a Multilevel Regulatory State" in Cesar Nava Escudero, Gerardo Hiriart Le Bert (eds.), Desalaction de agua con energias renovables, pp. 173-188 (Mexico City: National Autonomous University of Mexico Press, 2008).

"Sociolegal Studies and Urban Governance: Mapping an Interdisciplinary Frontier," Canadian Journal of Law and Society 22(2): 245-248 (2007).

(with Anders Lidström) "Decentralization, Local Govenment and the Welfare State" Governance Vol. 20 (4), pp. 609-632. (based on indicators for 21 OECD countries) .

"Comparing Local Government in Developed Democracies: Selected Indicators " (working paper including documentation and
citations for "Local Government and the Welfare State").

"Unions and the Strategic Context of Local Governance," in L. Turner and D. Cornfield (eds.), Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds. pp. 35-52. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (Barcelona: United Cities and Local Governments 2007).

Comparative Historical Development of Local Governance Infrastructures

(with Anders Lidström and Yooil Bae) Points of Governance: Local Democracy and Civil Society in Global Perspective (book manuscript, in process).

(with Anders Lidström) "The Localization of Territorial Identity" (in process).

(with Yooil Bae) "Globalization, the Developmental State and the Politics of Urban Growth in Korea: A Multi-level Analysis" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 31 (3), pp. 543-560.

(with Anders Lidström) "Decentralization, Local Government and the Welfare State" Governance 20 (4), pp. 609-632. .

"Urbanization and the Social Origins of National Policies Toward Sprawl," in H. Richardson and C. Bae (eds.), Urban Sprawl
in Western Europe and the United States (Ashgate Press, 2003) (PDF file).

"Transnational Urban Associations and the State in Contemporary Europe: A Rebirth of the Hansa League?", European Yearbook of
Administrative History (2003) (PDF file).

International Metropolitan Observatory Project (project website)

Metropolitan Inequality and Governance (collaborative book project ).
(with Daniel Kübler, Melanie Walter-Rogg and Alan Walks (eds.)), The Political Ecology of the Metropolis (book project, in process).

Excerpts: "Introduction: The Metropolitanization of Politics" (with Alan Walks)
"Conclusion: Metropolitan Sources of Political Behavior" (with Daniel Kübler)

(with Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot) (eds.), Metropolitanization and Political Change (Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2005).

Excerpts: "Metropolitanization in the United States: From Single Model to Multiple Patterns" (sole-authored chapter)
"Conclusion: The Metropolitanization of Politics" (co-authored with Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot)

Urban Development and Its Social and Environmental Consequences Worldwide

"Peri-urban Development and Environmental Sustainability: Examples From India and China," (Principal Investigator), collaborative project funded by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research and U.S. National Science Foundation, 2008-2010.

(with Jingan Huang and Xi Xi Lu) "A Global Comparative Analysis of Urban Form: Applying Remote Sensing and GIS" Landscape and Urban Planning 82 (4), pp. 184-197.