Title Regionalism and realism : a study of governments in the New York metropolitan area / Gerald Benjamin, Richard P. Nathan

Published Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 308 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- PART ONE: Understanding Regionalism -- 1 The New York Region: 2,179 Governments -- 2 The Values of Regionalism -- PART TWO: Regionalism and the New York City Experience -- 3 One Grand and Glorious City -- 4 Creating Real Local Government in New York City -- 5 The Limits of Metropolitanism -- PART THREE: Functional Regionalism -- 6 Across State Lines: The Port Authority -- 7 Single- State Agencies: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit -- PART FOUR: The Regional Idea in Subregional Settings -- 8 The Persistence of Suburban Localism 9 Two Approaches: Bottom Up and Top Down -- PART FIVE: The Nation in the Regional Arena -- 10 The Case of Solid Waste -- PART SIX: Conclusion -- 11 Lessons for the Future -- Notes -- Index Summary Annotation Drawing on the history of state and local government in the New York Tri-State metropolitan region, the authors present a pathbreaking new theory about the values reformers must understand and balance in order to tackle the hard challenges of reforming and regionalizing local governance in the complex, dynamic world of American politics and public policy. Their examination of the way 2,179 local governments in the Tri-State region have evolved over more than a century pays special attention to New York City, but is applicable to other metropolitan areas. It brings to life ideas that are crucial to a subject that in the academic literature is often treated in a way that is abstract and hard to grasp. This is a valuable book for scholars, political leaders, and students interested in regionalism in metropolitan America and in the fascinating history and governance of the nation's largest city and its vast metropolitan region Notes "A Century Foundation Book." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Local government -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area Regionalism -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area Intergovernmental cooperation -- New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Local. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- State & Provincial. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. Intergovernmental cooperation Local government Regionalism New York (State) -- New York Metropolitan Area Form Electronic book Author Nathan, Richard P Century Foundation. Brookings Institution. ISBN 0815798113 9780815798118 9780815700883 0815700881 9780815700876 0815700873

Other Titles Study of governments in the New York metropolitan area Governments in the New York metropolitan area

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