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Private metropolis : the eclipse of local democratic governance /

"Examines the complex ecology of quasi-public and privatized institutions that mobilize and administer many of the political, administrative, and fiscal resources of today's metropolitan regions"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Judd, Dennis R. (Editor ), McKenzie, Evan (Editor ), Alexander, Alba (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
Colección:Globalization and community ; v. 32.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : shadow governments and the remaking of the American local state / Dennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie, and Alba Alexander
  • City-building capacity and special-purpose authorities : institutions, interests, and the local state / James M. Smith
  • Phantom governments : multiple-function special districts as substitutes for municipalities / Evan McKenzie
  • Governing Detroit : the withering of the municipal state / Peter Eisinger
  • Transportation empires in the New York and Los Angeles regions : from the old to the new politics of governance and development / Steven P. Erie, Scott MacKenzie, and Jameson W. Doig
  • Whetting their appetites : privatization schemes and the case of water / Ellen Dannin and Douglas Cantor
  • The role of the state in public-private initiatives : lessons from Great Britain / Alba Alexander
  • Financing urban infrastructure and services under the new normal : a look at special assessments / Shu Wang and Rebecca Hendrick
  • Devolution and debt : financing public facilities in an age of austerity / Rachel Weber, Amanda Kass, and Sara Hinkley
  • Building the public city, privately / David Perry and Mary Donoghue
  • Conclusion : the Fate of the public realm / Dennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie, and Alba Alexander.