Add to ORKGIn this study I determine the dominant pattern of governance in the Kansas City metro based on interviews with 46 city administrative officers in cities over 2,500 in population. Consistent with theories of cooperation, I found that the dominant governance strategy is intergovernmental cooperation in the delivery of public services punctuated by conflict and avoidance/defection when intergovernmental service delivery arrangements involve infrequent interaction between the parties and when the presence and influence of the regional council of government is minimal
This article evaluates the impact that states have on local governance decisions.We suggest that whe...
While disagreements among city officials are a normal part of the political process, at some point c...
Local problems often spill over the borders of one jurisdiction into the next, creating a need for c...
Starting with the “consolationist” and “fragmentationist” arguments in American local government and...
Includes bibliographical references.The basis theme of this study pertains to the position and use o...
With increasing competition for economic development, the importance of a metropolitan region as a u...
To be sure in some regions–as illustrated in other chapters–political culture and history engendered...
Growth of many American cities into vast metropolitan communities of suburban cities, towns and vill...
In the mid-1990s, issues of metropolitan governance and the possibility of cooperative agreements am...
A metropolitan region does not have formal institutional structures such as nations, states, and cit...
One measure of governance quality is the level of reported conflict and cooperation that is present ...
The economic gap between affluent suburbia and the urban core has recently received widespread atten...
In this complex and highly interconnected world, one government rarely possesses full capability in ...
Regionalism is defined in many ways. Some define it by regional tax sharing and consolidating local ...
For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Alm...
This article evaluates the impact that states have on local governance decisions.We suggest that whe...
While disagreements among city officials are a normal part of the political process, at some point c...
Local problems often spill over the borders of one jurisdiction into the next, creating a need for c...
Starting with the “consolationist” and “fragmentationist” arguments in American local government and...
Includes bibliographical references.The basis theme of this study pertains to the position and use o...
With increasing competition for economic development, the importance of a metropolitan region as a u...
To be sure in some regions–as illustrated in other chapters–political culture and history engendered...
Growth of many American cities into vast metropolitan communities of suburban cities, towns and vill...
In the mid-1990s, issues of metropolitan governance and the possibility of cooperative agreements am...
A metropolitan region does not have formal institutional structures such as nations, states, and cit...
One measure of governance quality is the level of reported conflict and cooperation that is present ...
The economic gap between affluent suburbia and the urban core has recently received widespread atten...
In this complex and highly interconnected world, one government rarely possesses full capability in ...
Regionalism is defined in many ways. Some define it by regional tax sharing and consolidating local ...
For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Alm...
This article evaluates the impact that states have on local governance decisions.We suggest that whe...
While disagreements among city officials are a normal part of the political process, at some point c...
Local problems often spill over the borders of one jurisdiction into the next, creating a need for c...