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Private Metropolis : The Eclipse of Local Democratic Governance.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Globalization and Community SeriesPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452965338
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Private MetropolisDDC classification:
  • 320.850973
LOC classification:
  • JS422 .P74 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shadow Governments and the Remaking of the American Local State -- Part I: The Eclipse of the Municipal State -- Chapter 1. Institutions, Interests, and the Local State -- Chapter 2. Multiple-Function Special Districts as Substitutes for Municipalities -- Chapter 3. The Withering of the Municipal State -- Part II: The Evolving Role of Public-Private Authorities -- Chapter 4. From the Old to the New Politics of Governance and Development -- Chapter 5. Privatization Schemes and the Case of Water -- Chapter 6. Lessons from Great Britain -- Part III: The Fiscal Politics of the New American Local State -- Chapter 7. A Look at Special Assessments -- Chapter 8. Financing Public Facilities in an Age of Austerity -- Part IV: Bringing the Public State Back In -- Chapter 9. Building the Public City, Privately -- Conclusion: The Fate of the Public Realm -- Contributors -- Index.
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Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shadow Governments and the Remaking of the American Local State -- Part I: The Eclipse of the Municipal State -- Chapter 1. Institutions, Interests, and the Local State -- Chapter 2. Multiple-Function Special Districts as Substitutes for Municipalities -- Chapter 3. The Withering of the Municipal State -- Part II: The Evolving Role of Public-Private Authorities -- Chapter 4. From the Old to the New Politics of Governance and Development -- Chapter 5. Privatization Schemes and the Case of Water -- Chapter 6. Lessons from Great Britain -- Part III: The Fiscal Politics of the New American Local State -- Chapter 7. A Look at Special Assessments -- Chapter 8. Financing Public Facilities in an Age of Austerity -- Part IV: Bringing the Public State Back In -- Chapter 9. Building the Public City, Privately -- Conclusion: The Fate of the Public Realm -- Contributors -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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