LEADER 03787nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910826142703321 005 20240410153628.0 010 $a0-8157-9888-1 035 $a(CKB)111087027973570 035 $a(OCoLC)614574689 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026272 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257148 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11203694 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257148 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10228472 035 $a(PQKB)11280100 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004340 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027973570 100 $a20150424d2002|||| s|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTense Commandments 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC, USA$cBrookings Institution Press$d20020801 210 $cBrookings Institution Press 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8157-6093-0 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Problems -- Chapter 3: Tales from Six Cities -- Chapter 4: The Politics of Paternalism -- Chapter 5: Comparative Politics -- Chapter 6: Conclusions -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aDuring the past decade, dozens of large cities lost population as jobs and people kept moving to the suburbs. Despite widespread urban revitalization and renewal, one fact remains unmistakable: when choosing where to live and work, Americans prefer the suburbs to the cities. Many underlying causes of the urban predicament are familiar: disproportionate poverty, stiff city tax rates, and certain unsatisfactory municipal services (most notably, public schools). Less recognized is the distinct possibility that sometimes the regulatory policies of the federal government--the rules and rulings imposed by its judges, bureaucrats, and lawmakers--further disadvantage the cities, ultimately burdening their ability to attract residents and businesses. In Tense Commandments, Pietro S. Nivola encourages renewed reflection on the suitable balance between national and local domains. He examines an array of directive or supervisory methods by which federal policymakers narrow local autonomy and complicate the work urban governments are supposed to do. Urban taxpayers finance many costly projects that are prescribed by federal law. A handful of national rules bore down on local governments before 1965. Today these governments labor under hundreds of so-called unfunded mandates. Federal aid to large cities has lagged behind a profusion of mandated expenditures, at times straining municipal budgets. Apart from their fiscal impacts, Nivola argues, various federal prescriptions impinge on local administration of routine services, tying the hands of managers and complicating city improvements. Nivola includes case studies of six cities: Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He describes the "politics of paternalism," the political pressures that federal regulations place on governance. Then he offers comparisons with various 330 8 $apolitical systems abroad, including Germany, the U.K., France, and Italy. As the nation and its cities brace f. 606 $aUrban policy$xEvaluation$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aUrban policy$zUnited States 606 $aFederal-city relations$zUnited States 615 0$aUrban policy$xEvaluation 615 0$aUrban policy 615 0$aFederal-city relations 676 $a307.76/0973 700 $aNivola$b Pietro S$01656732 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826142703321 996 $aTense Commandments$94009803 997 $aUNINA