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Tables of Contents for Regionalism and Realism
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART ONE UNDERSTANDING REGIONALISM
The New York Region: 2,179 Governments
3
30
New York City and the Region
4
4
Web of Local Governments: Origins and Consequences
8
2
Variations in Local Government
10
2
Special Burdens on Cities
12
5
Costs of Fragmentation and Layering
17
5
Special-Purpose Governments
22
4
Details and the Big Picture
26
1
Approaches to Realism in the Tri-State Region
27
6
The Values of Regionalism
33
20
Persistence of Governmental Boundaries
35
3
Four Values of Regionalism
38
2
Redistributive Metropolitanism: Seeking Equity
40
4
Functional Regionalism: Achieving Efficiency
44
3
Economic Regionalism: Assuring Competitiveness
47
6
PART TWO REGIONALISM AND THE NEW YORK CITY EXPERIENCE
One Grand and Glorious City
53
24
The Vision: Development and Efficiency
54
2
The Power: Development and Spoils
56
2
The Loser: Smaller-Scale Government
58
2
Centralizers versus Decentralizers: Revolt of the Boroughs
60
4
Functional Regionalism and Recentralization of Power
64
3
Recentralization of the Schools
67
3
Community, Equity, and Community Boards
70
4
Conclusion: Metropolitanism Subsumes Localism
74
3
Creating Real Local Government in New York City
77
14
The ``City'' of Staten Island
79
2
Business Improvement Districts
81
4
Suggested Agenda for a New Charter Commission
85
6
The Limits of Metropolitanism
91
24
Limits of Metropolises as Local Governments
92
10
Rigidity of Newly Created Metropolitan Boundaries
102
3
Interstate Metropolitan Government: An Orphan in the Federal System
105
2
Rivalries within and among States
107
3
Goals versus Reality
110
5
PART THREE FUNCTIONAL REGIONALISM
Across State Lines: The Port Authority
115
20
A Regional or Two-State Agency?
118
14
A Bi-State, Not a Regional, Agency
132
3
Single-State Agencies: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit
135
26
Governmentalization of Mass Transit
137
2
Market Failure and the Evolution of Regional Mass Transit
139
7
MTA and the Politics of Geographical Equity
146
6
A Single Transportation Agency for the Tri-State Region?
152
3
Framework for a Single Regional Agency
155
6
PART FOUR THE REGIONAL IDEA IN SUBREGIONAL SETTINGS
The Persistence of Suburban Localism
161
17
Eliminating an Entire Class of Local Governments
166
2
State Incentives for Change: School Consolidation
168
5
The Issue of Race
173
2
Structural Change Does Not Work
175
3
Two Approaches: Bottom Up and Top Down
178
49
Bottom-Up Approach
179
14
Top-Down Approach
193
28
Conclusions
221
6
PART FIVE THE NATION IN THE REGIONAL ARENA
The Case of Solid Waste
227
28
Flow Control, Federalism, and Privatization
229
1
New Jersey: Relying on the Countries
230
4
Connecticut: Creating a State Authority and Making Burning Work
234
5
Connecticut and New Jersey Compared: Structure Makes a Difference
239
2
National and Private Sector Responsibility for Solid Waste
241
7
Regionalism: To What End? For What Price?
248
2
The Trade-Off: Community versus Efficiency
250
5
PART SIX CONCLUSION
Lessons for the Future
255
14
Understanding the Values of Regionalism
256
3
Regionalism and State Government
259
3
Regionalism and Local Government
262
3
The Politics of Regionalism
265
4
Notes
269
32
Index
301