Philip Booth is Reader in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Sheffield. His work has focused on partnership in urban policy and on planning in a comparative perspective. Among his most recent publications are: 'From Property Rights to Public Control: the Quest for Public Interest in the Control of Development', Town Planning Review 73(2), pp. 153-170; Planning by Consent: the Origins and Nature of British Development Control, London, Routledge; 'Promoting Radical Change: the Loi relative � la solidarit� et au renouvellement urbains in France', European Planning Studies 11(8), pp.949-963. Contact: p.booth@sheffield.ac.uk, Bernard Jouve is holder of the Canadian research chair in the study of territorial dynamics. He is also assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the Universit� du Qu�bec � Montr�al and a member of the Centre des recherches sur les innovations sociales dans l'�conomie sociale, les entreprises et les syndicats (CRISES). He has worked for several years on urban governance in a comparative perspective. His recent work includes: (2004) Horizons m�tropolitans. Politiques et projets urbains en Europe, (ed. with C. Lef�vre), Lausanne, PPUR; (2003) Les politiques de d�placements urbains L'innovation en question en cinq villes europ�ennes, Paris, L'Harmattan; (2003) La gouvemance urbaine en questions, Paris, Elsevier; 'Gouvernance m�tropolitaine: vers un programme de recherche comparatif', Politiques et societ�s, 22(1), pp. 119-142. Contact: jouve.bernard@uqam.ca.