TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,David Young
AU  - Cox,Raymond W.
TI  - Governing the metropolitan region: America's new frontier 
SN  - 9781315704005 (ebook : PDF)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Metropolitan government
KW  - United States
KW  - Municipal government
KW  - Urban policy
N1  - "First published 2014 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Governing America's new frontier : the metropolitan region -- 2. Creatures of whom? The intentionally conflicted nature of local government in America -- 3. The evolution of the financial relationship of state and local governments -- 4. The primary types and roles of local governments -- 5. Fifty states, fifty different systems -- 6. The new kid on the block : the metropolitan region -- 7. The urban core as outward region building : a city and its contiguous municipalities -- 8. Sharing wealth and responsibility : fiscal regionalism -- 9. Reshaping counties and integrating regional special districts : high risk but great potential -- 10. Representing the new kid on the block : regional governing organizations -- 11. State government versus local governments : creative tension or inherent conflict? -- 12. The conflicted role of professional municipal managers : help build or insulate from the metropolitan region? -- 13. Speculation on the future
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