TY - BOOK ID - 14306285 TI - Measuring the effectiveness of regional governing systems : a comparative study of city regions in North America PY - 2013 SN - 1461416256 9786613934826 1461416264 1283622378 1493902156 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Politics and government. KW - Local government KW - Metropolitan government KW - Regionalism KW - Government - General KW - Government - U.S. KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Institutions & Public Administration - General KW - Local Government - U.S. KW - Evaluation KW - Municipal government KW - Public administration KW - Administration, Public KW - Delivery of government services KW - Government services, Delivery of KW - Public management KW - Public sector management KW - Cities and towns KW - City government KW - Municipal administration KW - Municipal reform KW - Municipalities KW - Urban politics KW - Government KW - Political science. KW - Comparative politics. KW - Public administration. KW - Economics. KW - Public Administration. KW - Comparative Politics. KW - Political Science. KW - Political science KW - Administrative law KW - Decentralization in government KW - Public officers KW - Municipal corporations KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative KW - Canada. KW - North America. KW - United States. KW - AB KW - ABSh KW - Ameerika Ühendriigid KW - America (Republic) KW - Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary KW - Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları KW - Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları KW - Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw KW - Amerika Qūrama Shtattary KW - Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari KW - Amerika Qushma Shtattary KW - Amerika (Republic) KW - Amerikai Egyesült Államok KW - Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi͡avks Shtattn KW - Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem KW - Amerikas Forenede Stater KW - Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner KW - Ameriketako Estatu Batuak KW - Amirika Carékat KW - AQSh KW - Ar. ha-B. KW - Arhab KW - Artsot ha-Berit KW - Artzois Ha'bris KW - Bí-kok KW - Ē.P.A. KW - EE.UU. KW - Egyesült Államok KW - ĒPA KW - Estados Unidos KW - Estados Unidos da América do Norte KW - Estados Unidos de América KW - Estaos Xuníos KW - Estaos Xuníos d'América KW - Estatos Unitos KW - Estatos Unitos d'America KW - Estats Units d'Amèrica KW - Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica KW - États-Unis d'Amérique KW - Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn KW - Feriene Steaten KW - Feriene Steaten fan Amearika KW - Forente stater KW - FS KW - Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs KW - Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs KW - Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ KW - Istadus Unidus KW - Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės KW - Mei guo KW - Mei-kuo KW - Meiguo KW - Mî-koet KW - Miatsʻyal Nahangner KW - Miguk KW - Na Stàitean Aonaichte KW - NSA KW - S.U.A. KW - SAD KW - Saharat ʻAmērik KW - SASht KW - Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty KW - Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty KW - Si͡evero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty KW - Sjedinjene Američke Države KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki KW - Soedinennye Shtaty Si͡evernoĭ Ameriki KW - Spojené obce severoamerick KW - Spojené staty americk KW - SShA KW - Stadoù-Unanet Amerika KW - Stáit Aontaithe Mheirice KW - Stany Zjednoczone KW - Stati Uniti KW - Stati Uniti d'America KW - Stâts Unîts KW - Stâts Unîts di Americhe KW - Steatyn Unnaneysit KW - Steatyn Unnaneysit America KW - SUA KW - Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati KW - Sŭedinenite shtati KW - Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua KW - U.S. KW - U.S.A. KW - United States of America KW - Unol Daleithiau KW - Unol Daleithiau America KW - Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko KW - US KW - USA KW - Usono KW - Vaeinigte Staatn KW - Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika KW - Vereinigte Staaten KW - Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika KW - Verenigde State van Amerika KW - Verenigde Staten KW - VS KW - VSA KW - Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígí KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah KW - Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah KW - Yhdysvallat KW - Yunaeted Stet KW - Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika KW - ZDA KW - Združene države Amerike KW - Zʹi͡ednani Derz͡havy Ameryky KW - Zjadnośone staty Ameriki KW - Zluchanyi͡a Shtaty Ameryki KW - Zlucheni Derz͡havy KW - ZSA KW - Turtle Island KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canad KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kanada KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanak KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canad KW - Yn Chanadey KW - ABŞ KW - Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi͡avks Shtattnė KW - É.-U. KW - ÉU KW - Saharat ʻAmērikā KW - Spojené obce severoamerické KW - Spojené staty americké KW - Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá KW - Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Kaineḍā KW - Kanakā KW - Republica de Canadá UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14306285 AB - Regional governance is a topical public policy issue and is receiving increased attention from scholars, government officials and civic leaders.  As countries continue to urbanize and centralize economic functions and population in metropolitan regions, the traditional governing system is not equipped to handle policy issues that spill over local government boundaries.    Governments have utilized four basic approaches to address the regional governing problem: consolidating governments, adding a regional tier, creating regional special districts, and functional cooperative approaches.  The first two are structural approaches that require major (radical) changes to the governing system.  The latter two are governance approaches that contemplate marginal changes to the existing governance structure and rely generally on cooperation with other governments and collaboration with the nongovernmental sector.  Canada and the United States have experimented with these basic forms of regional governance.  This book is a systematic analysis of these basic forms as they have been experienced by North American cities.  Utilizing cases from Canada and the United States, the book  provides an  in-depth analysis of the pros and cons of each approach to regional governance.  This research provides an additional perspective on Canadian and U.S. regional governance and adds to the knowledge of Canadian and United States governing systems.    This study  contributes to the literature on the various approaches to regional governance as well as bringing together the most current literature on regional governance.  The author develops a framework of the values that a regional governing system should provide and measures to assess  how well each basic approach achieves these values.  Based on this assessment, he suggests an approach to regional governance for North American metropolitan areas that best achieves these values. . 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