{"product_id":"private-metropolis-the-eclipse-of-local-democratic-governance-paperback-softback-9781517910822","title":"Private Metropolis; The Eclipse of Local Democratic Governance (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517910822","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrivate Metropolis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Eclipse of Local Democratic Governance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDennis R. Judd (Edited by), Evan McKenzie (Edited by), Alba Alexander (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517910822\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 June 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 4 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A valuable resource in graduate courses in urban politics and policy.\"-\u003ci\u003eJournal of Urban Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the complex ecology of quasi-public and privatized institutions that mobilize and administer many of the political, administrative, and fiscal resources of today’s metropolitan regions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades metropolitan regions in the United States have witnessed the rise of multitudes of “shadow governments” that often supersede or replace functions traditionally associated with municipalities and other local governments inherited from the urban past. Shadow governments take many forms, ranging from billion-dollar special authorities that span entire urban regions, to public–private partnerships and special districts created to accomplish particular tasks, to privatized gated communities, to neighborhood organizations empowered to receive private and public funds. They finance and administer public services ranging from the prosaic (garbage collection and water utilities) to the transformative (economic development and infrastructure). \u003ci\u003ePrivate Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that this complex ecosystem of local governance has compromised and even eclipsed democratic processes by moving important policy decisions out of public sight. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quasi-public institutions of urban governance generally escape the budgetary and statutory restraints imposed on traditional local governments and protect policy decisions from the limitations and vagaries of electoral politics. Moving major policy decisions into a privatized and corporatized realm facilitates efficiency and speed, but at the cost of democratic oversight. Increasingly, the urban electorate is left debating symbolic issues only tangentially connected to the actual distribution of the resources that affect people’s lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003ePrivate Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e grapple with the difficult and timely questions that arise from this new ecology of governance: What are the consequences of the proliferation of special authorities, privatized governments, and public–private arrangements? Is the trade-off between democratic accountability and efficiency worth it? Has the public sector, with its messiness and inefficiencies-but also its checks and balances-ceded too much power to these new institutions? By examining such questions, this book provokes a long-overdue debate about the future of urban governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors: Douglas Cantor, California State U, Long Beach; Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State U; Jameson W. Doig, Princeton U; Mary Donoghue; Peter Eisinger, New School; Steven P. Erie, U of California, San Diego; Rebecca Hendrick, U of Illinois at Chicago; Sara Hinkley, U of California, Berkeley; Amanda Kass, U of Illinois at Chicago; Scott A. MacKenzie, U of California, Davis; David C. Perry, U of Illinois at Chicago; James M. Smith, U of Indiana South Bend; Shu Wang, Michigan State U; Rachel Weber, U of Illinois at Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Shadow Governments and the Remaking of the American Local State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie, and Alba Alexander\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I. The Eclipse of the (Municipal) State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. City Building Capacity and Special-Purpose Authorities: Institutions, Interests, and the Local State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames M. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Phantom Governments: Multiple Function Special Districts as Substitutes for Municipalities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvan McKenzie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Governing Detroit: The Withering of the (Municipal) State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Eisinger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II. The Evolving Role of Public-Private Authorities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Transportation Empires in the New York and Los Angeles Regions: From the Old to the New Politics of Governance and Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteven P. Erie, Scott MacKenzie, and Jameson W. Doig\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Whetting Their Appetites: Privatization Schemes and the Case of Water\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEllen Dannin and Douglas Cantor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Role of the State in Public-Private Initiatives: Lessons from Great Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlba Alexander\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III. The Fiscal Politics of the New American Local State\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Financing Urban Infrastructure (and Services) under the New Normal: A Look at Special Assessments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShu Wang and Rebecca Hendrick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Devolution and Debt: Financing Public Facilities in an Age of Austerity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Weber, Amanda Kass, and Sara Hinkley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Bringing the (Public) State Back In\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Building the Public City, Privately\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Perry and Mary Donoghue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. The Fate of the Public Realm: Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDennis R. Judd, Evan McKenzie, and Alba Alexander  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619254989080,"sku":"9781517910822","price":22.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/private-metropolis-the-eclipse-of-local-democratic-governance-paperback-softback-9781517910822","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}