Governing Metropolitan Regions in the 21st CenturyWhile government provides the structure of public leadership, governance is the art of public leadership. This timely book examines current trends in metropolitan governance issues. It analyzes specific cases from thirteen major metropolitan regions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, all woven together by an overall framework established in the first three chapters. The distinguished contributors address such governance issues as city-county consolidation, local-federal coordination, annexation and special districting, and private contracting, with special attention to lessons learned from both successes and failures. As urban governance innovations have clearly outpaced urban government structures in recent years, the topics covered here are especially relevant. |
Contents
Contextual Factors Affecting Who Will Govern | |
Metropolitan Government in the United States? Not Now Not Likely | |
Who Will Govern American Metropolitan Regions and How? | |
The St Louis | |
St Louis 1952 | |
LessMean More? The Case of the Baltimore Region | |
Consolidated and Fragmented Governments and Regional | |
Louisville Transformed | |
Metropolitan GovernanceAfter Hurricane Katrina | |
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Some Reflections on Metropolitan Governance in Contemporary | |
About the Editor and Contributors | |
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