Metropolitan governance in America / / Donald F. Norris
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| Autore: |
Norris Donald F.
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| Titolo: |
Metropolitan governance in America / / Donald F. Norris
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.8/50973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Metropolitan government - United States |
| Note generali: | "First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The metropolitan reform school -- Public choice theory -- The new regionalism -- Metropolitan governance survey -- A look at the evidence -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Metropolitan governance in America |
| ISBN: | 1-317-09694-0 |
| 1-315-59513-3 | |
| 1-317-09693-2 | |
| 1-4094-2193-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797491303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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