Metropolitan Governance in America
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138573272 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Norris is Professor and Director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. Donald F.
It discusses how the centrifugal forces in local government, and in particular local government autonomy, have produced a highly fragmented governmental landscape throughout America. Norris looks at several examples where some form of metropolitan government or governance can be said to exist, from voluntary cooperation (the weakest) to government (the strongest). Based on an extensive survey and a review of existing literature, this book offers a comprehensive overview of these debates. Everything else is just some form of cooperation, and while cooperation is not trivial, it does not enable metropolitan areas to address the really tough and controversial issues that divide rather than unite governments in those areas. 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 institution that possesses the power and ability to compel compliance. He also examines each type of arrangement for its ability to address metropolitan-wide problems and whether each type is or is not in use in the USA. The book examine
He shows why politics so often undermines local government efforts to work together to address important regional challenges.' Paul Kantor, Fordham University, USA . metropolitan regions. Clearly written, this valuable study highlights the obstacles to local governmental collaboration now and in the past. Don Norris's narrative is engaging and the theme is original: intergovernmental cooperation is common, but metropolitan governance does not exist in America, and the efforts to achieve it are, in his words, "a fool's errand".' Dennis Judd, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA 'In a sweeping survey of theories,