Private Metropolis: The Eclipse Of Local Democratic Governance University Minnesota Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Environmental

Examines The Complex Ecology Of Quasi-Public And Privatized Institutions That Mobilize Administer Many Political Administrative Fiscal Resources Today\ S Metropolitan Regionsin Recent Decades Regions In United States Have Witnessed Rise Multitudes \ Shadow Governments\ Often Supersede Or Replace Functions Traditionally Associated With Municipalities Other Local Governments Inherited From Urban Past Take Forms Ranging Billion-Dollar Special Authorities Span Entire To Public-Private Partnerships Districts Created Accomplish Particular Tasks Gated Communities Neighborhood Organizations Empowered Receive Private Public Funds They Finance Services Prosaic (Garbage Collection Water Utilities) Transformative (Economic Development Infrastructure) Metropolis Demonstrates This Ecosystem Governance Has Compromised Even Eclipsed Democratic Processes By Moving Important Policy Decisions Out Sight Generally Escape Budgetary Statutory Restraints Imposed On Traditional Protect Limitations Vagaries Electoral Politics Major Into A Corporatized Realm Facilitates Efficiency Speed But At Cost Oversight Increasingly Electorate Is Left Debating Symbolic Issues Only Tangentially Connected Actual Distribution Affect People\ Lives Essays Grapple Difficult Timely Questions Arise New Governance: What Are Consequences Proliferation Arrangements? Trade-Off Between Accountability Worth It? Sector Its Messiness Inefficiencies-But Also Checks Balances-Ceded Too Much Power These Institutions? Examining Such Book Provokes Long-Overdue Debate About Future Contributors: Douglas Cantor California State U Long Beach Ellen Dannin Pennsylvania Jameson W Doig Princeton Mary Donoghue Peter Eisinger School Steven P Erie San Diego Rebecca Hendrick Illinois Chicago Sara Hinkley Berkeley Amanda Kass Scott Mackenzie Davis David C Perry James M Smith Indiana South Bend Shu Wang Michigan Rachel Weber Σελίδες: 312 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm