2011. “A Strategy for Neighborhood Decline and Regrowth: Forging the French Connection” Urban Affairs Review 47 (6): 800-837.
2010. “The Politics of City Regions in Comparative Perspective” Pole-Sud, Revue de Science Politiques de l’Europe Merdionale, (Printemps) with Paul Kantor
2010. “Bullpitt in America: Presidential Approaches, Territorial Politics and the Field of Urban Policy” Government and Opposition 45 (3) (Spring): 406-435 with Jefferey L. Osgood.
2010. “What Makes a Great City? An American Perspective” Cities 27 (1) (February): 42-49.
2010. “Beyond the Rhetoric: A Case Study of Louisville’s Consolidation” American Review of Public Administration” 40 (1) (January): 3-28 with Ronald K.Vogel and Lin Ye
2010. “Rescaling for a Global World” Progress in Planning 73 (1) (Winter): 11-16.
2008. “Typologies and Transformation in European Cities: A Perspective from America” Urban Research and Practice 1 (3) (November): 276-290 with Ismalia Odogba.
2008. “Civic Culture and Corporate Regime in Louisville” Journal of Urban Affairs 30 (4) (Fall): 437-460 with Ronald K. Vogel and Takashi Tsukamoto.
2007. “Globalisation et changement d’échelle dans le gouvernement urbain” Métropoles 2 : 133-166.
2006. “Terror, Barriers and the Re-topography of Jerusalem” Journal of Planning Education and Research 26 (2) (Winter): 152-173 with Yaacov Garb.
2005. “How to Study Comparative Urban Development Politics: A Research Framework” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29 (1) (Spring): 131-151 with Paul Kantor.
2005. “An Anatomy of Urban Terror: Lessons from Jerusalem and Elsewhere” Urban Studies 42 (3) (March): 361-395.
2004. “Suburbs Without A City: Power and City County Consolidation” Urban Affairs Review 39 (6) (July): 758-790 with Ronald K. Vogel.
2003. “How Suburban Sprawl Shapes Human Well Being” Journal of Urban Health 80 (4) (December): 590-607.
2003. “Does 9-11 Portend A New Paradigm For Cities?” Urban Affairs Review 39 (1) (September): 103-127.
2003. “Urban Strategies for a Global Era: A Cross National Comparison” American Behavioral Scientist 46 (8) (April): 1002-1033 with Paul Kantor.
2003. “Local Government in the United States: Executive Centered Politics and the New Public Management” Bestuurswetenschappen 1 (February): 5-17 with Ron Vogel. [English version in S.A.H. Denters and L.E. Rose, eds. see Book Chapters below]
2002. “What is New about Globalization and What Does it Portend for Cities” International Journal of Social Science, 54 (172) (June): 179-189.
2001. “Does Terror Have an Urban Future” Urban Studies 38 (13) (December): 2515-2533 with Grigoriy Ardashev.
2000. “Paths to New Regionalism” State and Local Government Review 32 (3) (Fall): 158-168 with Ronald Vogel.
2000. "Metropolitan Consolidation versus Metropolitan Governance in Louisville” State and Local Government Review 32 (3) (Fall): 198-212 with Ronald Vogel.
2000. “Dreams and Realities: Coping with Urban Sprawl” Virginia Environmental Law Review 19 (3): 333-56.
1998. “Urban Development in a Global Era,” Comprehensive Urban Studies, (September) (Open Lecture: editorial board decision)
1998. “Global Challenge and Institutional Capacity: Or How We Can Refit Local Administration for the Next Century” Administration and Society 30 (3) (June): 248-273.
1997. “The Political Economy of Urban Regimes: A Comparative Perspective” Urban Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 32 (3) (January): 348-377 with Paul Kantor and Serena Vicari.
1995. “City Business: An International Perspective on Marketplace Politics” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 19 (4) (December): 495-512 with Paul Kantor.
1995. “Straw Men, Red Herrings . . . and Suburban Dependency” Urban Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly) 31 (2) (November): 175-179.
1994. “Response to `Ties That Bind' Reexamined” Economic Development Quarterly 8 (4) (November): 378-380 with David Collins.
1994. “Reorganization in Three Cities: Explaining the Discrepancy Between Intended Action and Unanticipated Consequences” Urban Affairs Quarterly 29 (4) (June): 565-595.
1993. “Can Politicians Bargain With Business: A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective on Urban Development” Urban Affairs Quarterly 29 (2) (December): 230-255 with Paul Kantor.
1993. “Ties That Bind: Central Cities, Suburbs and the New Metropolitan Region” Economic Development Quarterly 7 (4) (November): 341-357 with David Collins et al.
1992. “The Paradox of Diversity: Social Difference and Common Regions” National Civic Review 81 (3) (Summer/Autumn): 326-334 with David Collins.
1988. “Les mouvements pendulaires entre les métropoles Américaines” Journal des Elections (Novembre–Décembre)
1988. “Bush comme président: le décalage entre programme et discours” Journal des Elections (Novembre–Décembre)
1988. “Le Duel: Bush le sinueux. . . contre Dukakis l'entêté” Journal des Elections (Septembre–Octobre)
1988. “The Politics of the Local State in New York and Paris” French Politics and Society
1987. “Post Industrialism and Planning in New York, Paris and London” Journal of the American Planning Association 53 (1) (Winter): 80-91.
1987. “Les Deux New York” Métropolies (5eme trimestre)
1978. “Black Cities/White Suburbs: Domestic Colonialism as an Interpretive Idea” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 439 (1) (September): 118-134.
1978. “New York's Crises and the Politics of Charter Revision” New York Affairs (Winter)
1973. “Leadership and Decision Making in New York City and London” Policy and Politics 2 (2) (December): 113-133.
1972. “Powerlessness in an Urban Ghetto: The Case of Political Biases and Differential Access in New York City” Polity 5 (1) (Fall): 19-56.
