Workshop on Revitalizing Urban Democracy, April 1998

本次研讨会旨在汇集一群代表不同观点的政治学家，探讨振兴城市民主研究的必要条件。讲习班确定了基础研究可以帮助改善城市民主运作和城市社区生存能力的地方。此外，讲习班鼓励专门研究城市政治的学者与研究民主参与的学者之间的思想交流和互动。研讨会将既有学者的技能和观点与年轻研究者的技能和观点结合起来，旨在帮助建立一支从事城市民主问题的未来学者骨干。讲习班的产出将是一本关于重振城市民主的编辑卷，将由罗素·塞奇基金会出版。

This workshop is designed to bring together a group of political scientists representing a range of perspectives to explore the conditions necessary to revitalize urban democracy research. The workshop identifies places where basic research can help improve the functioning of urban democracy and the viability of urban communities. In addition, the workshop encourages a cross-fertilization of ideas and interaction between scholars who specialize in urban politics with scholars whose research focuses on democratic participation. The workshop combines the skills and perspectives of established scholars with those of younger investigators with a view toward helping create a future cadre of scholars engaged in issues of urban democracy. The output of the workshop will be an edited volume on revitalizing urban democracy that will be published by the Russell Sage Foundation.