| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Regionalism and realism/ Gerald Benjamin, Richard P. Nathan. |
| Reminder of title: |
a study of governments in the New York metropolitan area / |
| remainder title: |
Governments in the New York metropolitan area. |
| Author: |
Benjamin, Gerald. |
| other author: |
Nathan, Richard P. |
| Published: |
Washington, DC :Brookings Institution Press, : c2001., |
| Description: |
xviii, 308 p. :ill., maps. |
| Notes: |
"A Century Foundation Book." |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Part One, Understanding regionalism. The New York region : 2,179 governments -- The values of regionalism -- Part Two, Regionalism and the New York City experience. One grand and glorious city -- Creating real local government in New York City -- The limits of metropolitanism. Part Three, Functional regionalism. Across state lines : the Port Authority -- Single-state agencies : the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit -- Part Four, The regional idea in subregional settings. The persistence of suburban localism -- Two approaches : bottom up and top down -- Part Five, The nation in the regional arena. The case of solid waste -- Part Six, Conclusion. Lessons for the future. |
| Subject: |
Intergovernmental cooperation - New York (State) - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=91957An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0815798113 (electronic bk.) |