LEADER 02486oam 2200601I 450 001 9910819024003321 005 20240410044728.0 010 $a1-317-09694-0 010 $a1-315-59513-3 010 $a1-317-09693-2 010 $a1-4094-2193-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315595139 035 $a(CKB)3710000000451433 035 $a(EBL)2110624 035 $a(OCoLC)914709087 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001532404 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12614917 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532404 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11473871 035 $a(PQKB)10341838 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2110624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2110624 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11315563 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL831689 035 $a(OCoLC)948604245 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000451433 100 $a20180706e20162015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMetropolitan governance in America /$fDonald F. Norris 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 300 $a"First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 $a1-138-57327-2 311 $a1-4094-2192-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- The metropolitan reform school -- Public choice theory -- The new regionalism -- Metropolitan governance survey -- A look at the evidence -- Conclusion -- Index. 330 $a 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 606 $aMetropolitan government$zUnited States 615 0$aMetropolitan government 676 $a320.8/50973 700 $aNorris$b Donald F.$01184945 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819024003321 996 $aMetropolitan governance in America$93985738 997 $aUNINA