Contentious urban redevelopment : a research perspective -- Urban restructuring and the formation of an urban growth coalition, 1920-1947 -- Contentious politics of neighborhood redevelopment, 1949-1960 -- Another wave of urban restructuring and governing realignments, 1970-1997 -- Contentious politics of downtown revitalization, 1997-2000 -- Contentious urban redevelopment and strong democracy.