How can government stay linked to its citizens? Across the world, governments' basic principles are turned on their heads as global markets, weakened national states, and active citizens emerge. Governments increasingly act not alone, but many governments and private groups make policy jointly - labeled 'governance'. But this raises new concerns for adequate citizen responsiveness. Leaders and parties previously considered left or right make unexpected choices - as leaders explore Third Ways, New Political Cultures, and more. As policy choices grow more complicated, they are harder to present...

A study of urban problems and policy. It addresses: the socioeconomic context of the Metropolitan region; fragmentation, divisiveness and governmental organization; divisiveness and law enforcement; divisiveness and the social services; and divisiveness and regional development.