Metropolitan Governance in America

ISBN-13: 9781138573277 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 160 str.

Norris, Donald F.

Opis

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. The book uncovers the extent of metropolitan government and governance, the possibility for its existence, what attempts (if any) have been made in the past, and the problems and issues that have arisen due to the lack of adequate metropolitan governance.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Metropolitan Reform School; Public choice theory; The new regionalism; Metropolitan governance survey; A look at the evidence; Conclusion; Index.

O autorze

Donald F. Norris is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.