Metropolitan governance in America / Donald F. Norris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norris, Donald F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan government--United States.

Metropolitan government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metropolitan government and metropolitan governance have been ongoing issues for more than sixty years in the United States. Based on an extensive survey and a review of existing literature, this book offers a comprehensive overview of these debates. It discusses how the centrifugal forces in local government, and in particular local government autonomy, have produced a highly fragmented governmental landscape throughout America. It argues that in order for 'governance' to occur in metropolitan areas (or anywhere else, for that matter), there has to be some form of an actual governmental ins

Contents:

Introduction

The metropolitan reform school

Public choice theory

The new regionalism

Metropolitan governance survey

A look at the evidence

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

"First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-09694-0

1-315-59513-3

1-317-09693-2

1-4094-2193-7

9781315595139

OCLC:

914709087