Add to ORKGTheories of urban power have explored limitations on municipal governance by power elites, by global economic forces, and by economic competition. Less attention has been given to the impact of state government. This article explores the state role in recent secession conflicts in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley) and New York City (Staten Island). Secession proponents expanded the scope of conflict to their state governments. Although both cities eventually sur-vived secession battles, both were forced to accede to significant reforms. Though state interfer-ence with home rule is always a possibility because of the formidable role of the state in local government, it is not inevitable. The capacity of local political actors to form allianc...
American central cities have long faced problems associated with population losses and deteriorating...
The article argues that big cities in the United States have lost power in State poli-tics. This dev...
This article argues that suburban municipalities obtained a privileged status vis-à-vis cities in Am...
For legal scholars, the Staten Island secession raises a number of difficult disputes-disputes that ...
On January 1, 1898, amid fanfare and celebration, the city of Greater New York – the greatest exper...
Summary. This paper seeks to understand why secession movements gained momentum in Los Angeles and w...
Angeles exposes significant weaknesses in the existing literature on urban fragmentation. By constru...
This Article suggests a uniform standard by which domestic legislatures may decide current and futur...
This article evaluates the impact that states have on local governance decisions.We suggest that whe...
The article argues for an increase in de facto already claimed city sovereignty. It situates the dis...
The related developments of the emergence of a national economy and the nationalization of local pol...
Local governments in Western Europe have become increasingly involved in network building with the l...
To be sure in some regions–as illustrated in other chapters–political culture and history engendered...
Intrastate secession is the true secession fever: not the perennial postelection calls of losing par...
This Article explores the use of federalism and secession as tools for managing regional conflict wi...
American central cities have long faced problems associated with population losses and deteriorating...
The article argues that big cities in the United States have lost power in State poli-tics. This dev...
This article argues that suburban municipalities obtained a privileged status vis-à-vis cities in Am...
For legal scholars, the Staten Island secession raises a number of difficult disputes-disputes that ...
On January 1, 1898, amid fanfare and celebration, the city of Greater New York – the greatest exper...
Summary. This paper seeks to understand why secession movements gained momentum in Los Angeles and w...
Angeles exposes significant weaknesses in the existing literature on urban fragmentation. By constru...
This Article suggests a uniform standard by which domestic legislatures may decide current and futur...
This article evaluates the impact that states have on local governance decisions.We suggest that whe...
The article argues for an increase in de facto already claimed city sovereignty. It situates the dis...
The related developments of the emergence of a national economy and the nationalization of local pol...
Local governments in Western Europe have become increasingly involved in network building with the l...
To be sure in some regions–as illustrated in other chapters–political culture and history engendered...
Intrastate secession is the true secession fever: not the perennial postelection calls of losing par...
This Article explores the use of federalism and secession as tools for managing regional conflict wi...
American central cities have long faced problems associated with population losses and deteriorating...
The article argues that big cities in the United States have lost power in State poli-tics. This dev...
This article argues that suburban municipalities obtained a privileged status vis-à-vis cities in Am...