Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. A Nation of Cities; The Urbanization of America; Emergence of a New Society; The Country and the City; Urban Dwellers and Farm Folk; Some Consequent Problems; 2. The American System: The Many and the One; The Federal System; The Place of the Cities; The Cities and the States; The Cities and the Nation; Quest for Operational Effectiveness; An Evolving Federalism; 3. Unequal Partners: The Case of the Reluctant State; State Constitutions; Representative Government; Organization for Administration; Resources; Programs
HorizonsConclusion; 4. Emergence of an Urban Partner; Government and Civil Aviation; The Issue of Federal Aid; The Recipient Government Dilemma; The Two Positions; Congressional Action and Reaction; The Crystallization of Policy; 5. The Expanded Partnership: Nature; Rise of Federal-City Relations; Three Joint Programs; Federal-Aid Airport Program; Urban Renewal; Low-Rent Public Housing; Some Observations on the Expanded Partnership; 6. Three Views of the Expanded Partnership; Washington: The View from Above; The Community: The View from Below; The State House: The Midway View
7. The Expanded Partnership: AppraisalConsequences Anticipated and Unanticipated; Problems Real and Fancied; Local Government Organization; The Metropolitan Problem; The Expanded Partnership and the States; The Expanded Partnership and Democratic Government; Index
