High-level urban analysis is noticeably devoid of either gendered perspectives or attention to women's interests, relying instead on economics and sometimes race to explain various phenomenon. Gender in Urban Research applies gender as a category of analysis to urban institutions. Contributions cover gendered analysis in central city development policy, violence against women, affordable housing, political power and elections.

PART ONE: COMMUNITY
Gender, Place and Citizenship - Lynn A Staeheli and Susan E Clarke
Defining Feminist Community - Judith A Garber
Place, Choice and the Urban Politics of Difference
The Gender Regimes of American Cities - Lynn M Appleton
Women Organizing Their Place in Restructuring Economies - Louise Jezierski
Women and Collective Action in Urban Neighborhoods - Gordana Rabrenovic
PART TWO: POLITICS
Getting Women¿s Issues on the Municipal Agenda - Caroline Andrew
Violence against Women
Gender and the Politics of Affordable Housing - Susan Abrams Beck
The Rise and Decline of African-American Political Power in Richmond - Lewis A Randolph and Gayle T Tate
Race, Class and Gender
Electing Women to Local Office - Susan A MacManus and Charles S Bullock III
Developing Rape Program and Policies Based on Women¿s Victimization Experiences - Lyn Kathlene
A University/Community Model
Women¿s Need for Child Care - Alma H Young and Kristine B Miranne
The Stumbling Block in the Transition from Welfare to Work
Strategies for Serving Latina Battered Women - Anna M Santiago and Merry Morash
Gender, Race and the Spatial Context of Women¿s Employment - Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Sara McLafferty and Valerie Preston
Public Housing and the Beguinage - Daphne Spain
Concern for Gender in Central-City Development Policy - Robyne S Turner