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Ronald Vogel

Professor
EducationPhD (Political Science): Florida
Phone(416) 979-5000 x 556054

Biography

Ronald K. Vogel joined the Department of Politics and Public Administration at 成人大片 in August 2011 as full Professor.  Before coming to Toronto Met, he was Chair of the Department of Political Science and Professor of Political Science and Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville.  He also served as Director of the Ph.D. program in Urban and Public Affairs. He currently serves as the Graduate Program Director (GPD) of the interdisciplinary doctoral program in Policy Studies (opens in new window) .

Dr. Vogel received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1986.  He also holds an M.A. and a B.A., both in Political Science, from the same University. 

Dr. Vogel is an expert on urban politics and administration in the US.  Increasingly, his research has taken a comparative turn.  For the last decade he has been conducting research on governance of global city-regions in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, and Toronto. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan in 1997-08, received a Canadian Government Faculty Research Grant in 2001, and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hong Kong in 2007-08.  He was also co-investigator on a three year National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduatesgrant (2004-07).  Professor Vogel is President of the Section on Urban and Local Politics and heads the Comparative Urban Politics related group in the American Political Science Association.

Books:

  • Political Change in the Metropolis (with John J. Harrigan).  New York: Longman, 2007 (8th edition); 2003 (7th edition); 2000 (6th edition).
  • Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. [Choice Outstanding Political Science Book for 1997]
  • Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age (ed., with H.V. Savitch).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 45(1996)].
  • Urban Political Economy: Broward County, Florida. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1992.

Articles

  • "Beyond Neoliberalism: A Policy Agenda for a Progressive City" (with Meghan Joy). Urban Affairs Review, forthcoming.
  • 鈥淭oronto鈥檚 governance crisis: A global city under pressure鈥� (with Meghan Joy).  Cities 49 (2015): 35-52.
  • 鈥淕overning Global City-Regions in China and the West.鈥�  Progress in Planning 73:1(2010): 4-10.
  • 鈥淭he City-Region as a New State Space.鈥�  Progress in Planning 73:1 (2010): 64-68.
  • 鈥淏eyond the Rhetoric: Lessons from Louisville鈥檚 Consolidation鈥� (with H.V. Savitch and Lin Ye). The American Review of Public Administration 40:1 (2010): 3-28.
  • 鈥淐ivic Culture and Corporate Regime in Louisville鈥� (with H.V. Savitch and Takashi Tsukamoto).  Journal of Urban Affairs 30:4 (2008): 437-460.
  • 鈥淪uburbs Without a City: Power and City-County Consolidation鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  Urban Affairs Review 39:6 (July 2004): 758-790.
  • 鈥淟ocal Government in the United States: Executive Centred Politics and the New Public Management鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  Bestuurswetenschappen 1 (2003): 5-17.
  • 鈥淢etropolitan Planning Organizations and the New Regionalism: The Case of Louisville鈥� (with Norman Nezelkewicz).  Publius: The Journal of Federalism 32:1 (Winter 2002): 107-129.
  • 鈥淧aths to New Regionalism鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  State and Local Government Review 32 (2000): 158-168.
  • 鈥淢etropolitan Consolidation Versus Metropolitan Governance in Louisville鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  State and Local Government Review 32 (2000): 198-212.
  • 鈥淕lobalization and the American Metropolis.鈥�  International Symposium on Urban Problems.  Comprehensive Urban Studies 71 (2000): 257-264.
  • 鈥淩edefining Community in a Global City: Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the 21st Century.鈥�  Comprehensive Urban Studies 69 (1999): 201-18.
  • 鈥淭he Local Regime and Economic Development.鈥�  Economic Development Quarterly 4 (1990): 101-112.
  • 鈥淭he Growth Machine versus the Antigrowth Coalition: the Battle for Our Communities鈥� (with Bert E. Swanson).  Urban Affairs Quarterly 25 (1989): 63-85.
  • 鈥淪etting Agendas for Community Change: The Community Goal Setting Strategy鈥� (with Bert E. Swanson).  Journal of Urban Affairs 10 (1988): 41-61.
  • 鈥淩ating American Cities 鈥� Credit Worthiness, Urban Distress, and the Quality of Life鈥� (with Bert E. Swanson).  Journal of Urban Affairs 8 (1986): 139-157.

Book Chapters:

  • "Governing Metropolitan Regions in the United States" (with David Imbroscio). In Governance and Finance of Large Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems, ed. Enid Slack and Rupak Chattopadhyay. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
  • "Look Before You Leap: Consequences of Louisville's Merger" (with Hank Savitch and Lucas Elliott). In Taking Kentucky Politics Seriously: Government, Politics, and Policymaking in the Bluegrass State, ed. James C. Clinger and Michael W. Hail. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press. Forthcoming.
  • 鈥淩egionalism and Urban Politics鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Theories of Urban Politics, 2nd ed., ed. Jonathan Davies and David Imbroscio, 106- 124.  London: Sage Publications, 2009.
  • 鈥淟ouisville Transformed but Hardly Changed: A Survey of a City Before and After Merger鈥� (with H.V. Savitch and Lin Ye).  In Governing Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century, ed. Don Phares, ed. 164-184.  Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe, 2009.
  • 鈥淩ethinking Globalization: The Impact of Central Governments on World Cities鈥� (with Takashi Tsukamoto).  In Governing Cities in a Global Era, ed. Robin Hambleton and Jill Gross, 15-31.  New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
  • 鈥淩escaling the City: A Comparative Perspective of Metropolitan Reform and Regionalism in Toronto and Tokyo.鈥�  In Governing Metropolises: Profiles of Issues and Experiments on Four Continents, ed. Jean-Pierre Collin and M茅lanie Robertson, 259-282.  Sainte-Foy, Qu茅bec: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, 2007.
  • 鈥淯ne nouvelle 茅chelle pour la ville Comparaison de la r茅forme m茅tropolitaine et du r茅gionalisme 脿 Toronto et 脿 Tokyo.鈥�  In Le gouvernement des m茅tropoles: enjeux et portraits des experiences sur quatre continents, dir. Jean-Pierre Collin et M茅lanie Robertson, 283- 309.  Qu茅bec, Presses de l'Universit茅 Laval, 2007.
  • 鈥淩escaling the Japanese City: Urbanization and Governance.鈥�  In Urbanization in Japan: More Than A Concrete Jungle (Special Report), ed.Mark Mohr, 17-23.  Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Asia Program, 2007.
  • 鈥淢ultilevel Governance in the United States.鈥�  In Spheres of Governance: Comparative Studies of Cities in Multilevel Governance Systems, ed.Harvey Lazar and Christian Leuprecht, 257-293.  Montr茅al & Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press and Institute for Intergovernmental Relations, 2007.
  • 鈥淒ecentralization in the United States: A Comparative Perspective.鈥� In Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa, ed. Dickson Eyoh and Richard Stren, 155-169.  Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2007.
  • 鈥淟ocal and Regional Governance: Rescaling the City鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Metropolitan Governing: Canadian Cases, Comparative Lessons, ed. Eran Razin and Patrick Smith, 214-245.  Jerusalem, Israel: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2006.
  • 鈥淟鈥檡perpluralisme Revisite: la Poursuite de la Fragmentation des Villes aux Etats-Unis鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Les Metropoles au Defi de la Diversite Culturelle, ed. Bernard Jouve and Alain Gagnon, 193-222.  Grenoble:Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 2006.
  • 鈥淭he United States: Executive Centred Politics鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Comparing Local Governance: Trends and Developments, ed. S.A.H. Denters and L.E. Rose Houndmills, 211-227.  Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2005. [Extended version of 2003 article inBestuurswetenschappen.]
  • 鈥淢erger in Louisville/Jefferson County鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Case Studies of City-County Consolidation, ed. Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier, 272-290. Armonk, New York: Sharpe, 2004.
  • 鈥淒ecentralization and Urban Governance: Reforming Tokyo Metropolitan Government.鈥� In Urban Governance Around the World, Blair Ruble, Richard Stren, Joseph Tulchin and Diana Varat, 114-148.  Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2001.
  • 鈥淣ational Urban Policy.鈥�  In Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States, ed. Ronald K. Vogel, 410-426.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
  • 鈥淢etropolitan Government.鈥�  In Handbook of Research on Urban Politics and Policy in the United States, ed. Ronald K. Vogel, 185-196.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
  • 鈥淚ntroduction: Regional Patterns in a Post-City Age鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age, ed. H.V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel, 1-22.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 45 (1996)].
  • 鈥淟ouisville: Compacts and Antagonistic Cooperation鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age, ed. H.V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel, 130-158.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 45 (1996)].
  • 鈥淧erspectives for the Present and Lessons for the Future鈥� (with H.V. Savitch).  In Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age, ed. H.V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel, 275-302.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage [Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 45 (1996)].
  • 鈥淩acial and Ethnic Voting Patterns in Miami, 1960-1990鈥� (with Genie N.L. Stowers).  In Big-City Governance and Fiscal Choices, ed. George Peterson, 63-84.  Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 1994.
  • 鈥淭he Dialogical Community and Economic Development鈥� (with Bert E. Swanson).  In Local Economic Development Formation: Experiences in the United States and the United Kingdom, ed. David Fasenfest, 188-204.  London: Macmillan Press, 1993.
  • 鈥淢iami: Minority Empowerment and Regime Change鈥� (with Genie N.L. Stowers).  In Big City Politics in Transition, ed. H.V. Savitch and John Clayton Thomas, 115-131.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage [Urban Affairs Annual Reviews 38 (1991)].

Dr. Vogel teaches courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, primarily in the fields of urban politics, US politics, and public policy.