04098nam 2200745Ia 450 991081601120332120200520144314.00-8014-7901-00-8014-6008-510.7591/9780801460081(CKB)2670000000081029(OCoLC)716371391(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457625(SSID)ssj0000483345(PQKBManifestationID)11338862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483345(PQKBWorkID)10529390(PQKB)11297596(OCoLC)966768012(MdBmJHUP)muse51830(DE-B1597)478699(OCoLC)979756016(DE-B1597)9780801460081(Au-PeEL)EBL3138004(CaPaEBR)ebr10457625(CaONFJC)MIL681632(OCoLC)922997712(MiAaPQ)EBC3138004(EXLCZ)99267000000008102920080530d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCity bound how states stifle urban innovation /Gerald E. Frug and David J. Barron1st ed.Ithaca Cornell University Press20081 online resource (xvii, 260 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-50350-8 0-8014-4514-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Part I. City Structures --1. City Structures and Urban Theory --2. City Structures and Local Autonomy --Par t II. Seven Cities --3. Home Rule --4. Revenue and Expenditures --5. Land Use and Development --6. Education --Part III. City Futures --7. The Global City --8. The Tourist City --9. The Middle Class City --10. The Regional City --Conclusion --Notes --About the Authors --IndexMany major American cities are defying the conventional wisdom that suburbs are the communities of the future. But as these urban centers prosper, they increasingly confront significant constraints. In City Bound, Gerald E. Frug and David J. Barron address these limits in a new way. Based on a study of the differing legal structures of Boston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle, City Bound explores how state law determines what cities can and cannot do to raise revenue, control land use, and improve city schools. Frug and Barron show that state law can make it much easier for cities to pursue a global-city or a tourist-city agenda than to respond to the needs of middle-class residents or to pursue regional alliances. But they also explain that state law is often so outdated, and so rooted in an unjustified distrust of local decision making, that the legal process makes it hard for successful cities to develop and implement any coherent vision of their future. Their book calls not for local autonomy but for a new structure of state-local relations that would enable cities to take the lead in charting the future course of urban development. It should be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of American cities, whether political scientists, planners, architects, lawyers, or simply citizens.State-local relationsUnited StatesMunicipal home ruleUnited StatesMunicipal governmentUnited StatesMunicipal corporationsUnited StatesUrban policyUnited StatesState-local relationsMunicipal home ruleMunicipal governmentMunicipal corporationsUrban policy320.8/50973Frug Gerald E.1939-233295Barron David J1639717MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816011203321City bound4202804UNINA