02555oam 2200625I 450 991097039400332120251117000723.01-317-09694-01-315-59513-31-317-09693-21-4094-2193-710.4324/9781315595139 (CKB)3710000000451433(EBL)2110624(OCoLC)914709087(SSID)ssj0001532404(PQKBManifestationID)12614917(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532404(PQKBWorkID)11473871(PQKB)10341838(MiAaPQ)EBC2110624(Au-PeEL)EBL2110624(CaPaEBR)ebr11315563(CaONFJC)MIL831689(OCoLC)948604245(OCoLC)1096243948(FINmELB)ELB161505(EXLCZ)99371000000045143320180706e20162015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMetropolitan governance in America /Donald F. Norris1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (161 p.)"First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.1-138-57327-2 1-4094-2192-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The metropolitan reform school -- Public choice theory -- The new regionalism -- Metropolitan governance survey -- A look at the evidence -- Conclusion -- Index. 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 insMetropolitan governmentUnited StatesMetropolitan government320.8/50973Norris Donald F.1184945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970394003321Metropolitan governance in America4484124UNINA