CONTENTS Introduction: International Perspectives on The New Enclavism and the Rise of Gated Communities Rowland Atkinson & Sarah Blandy vii 1Constructing the Pomerium in Las Vegas: A Case Study of Emerging Trends in American Gated Communities Evan McKenzie 1 2 Homcowners Associations, Collective Action and the Costs of Private Governance Simon C. Y. Chen & Chris J. Webster 18 3 Some Reflections on the Economic and Political Organisation of Private Neighbourhoods Georg Glasze 34 4 Rediscovering the 'Gate' Under Market Transition: From Work-unit Compounds to Commodity Housing Enclaves Fulong Wu 47 5 Gated Communities in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina: A Challenge for Town Planning Guy Thuillier 67 6 Planning Responses to Gated Communities in Canada Jill Grant 84 7 Gated Communities: (Ne)Gating Community Development? Sarah Blandy & Diane Lister 97 8 Who Segregates Whom? The Analysis of a Gated Community in Mendoza, Argentina Sonia Roitman 112 9 Gated Communities: Sprawl and Social Segregation in Southern California Renaud Le Goix 131 10 Gated Communities as Club Goods: Segregation or Social Cohesion? Tony Manzi & Bill Smith-Bowers 152 Index 167