Description
While government provides the structure of public leadership, governance is the art of public leadership. This timely book examines current trends in metropolitan governance issues. It analyzes specific cases from thirteen major metropolitan regions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, all woven together by an overall framework established in the first three chapters. The distinguished contributors address such governance issues as city-county consolidation, local-federal coordination, annexation and special districting, and private contracting, with special attention to lessons learned from both successes and failures. As urban governance innovations have clearly outpaced urban government structures in recent years, the topics covered here are especially relevant.
About the Author
Don Phares is professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author of the books Who Pays State and Local Taxes? and State-Local Tax Equity: An Empirical Analysis of the Fifty States; co-author of Municipal Output and Performance in New York City; and editor of A Decent Home and Environment: Housing Urban America and Metropolitan Governance without Metropolitan Government? He also has written more than seventy articles and book chapters and scores of technical and government reports. He has consulted for and done research with the federal government, numerous states, local jurisdictions, research organizations, businesses, foundations, and universities. He has also served as an expert witness in legal cases pertaining to state and local taxation; the projection of future income; and the analysis of social, demographic, fiscal, and economic trends. He has done numerous economic and fiscal impact studies for both public and private organizations. His administrative experience includes positions as chairperson of a department of economics, director of a public policy research center, dean of a college of arts and sciences, and vice chancellor for a university campus. He received his BA from Northeastern University and his MA and PhD from Syracuse University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780765620897
Author Donald Phares
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g
About the Author
Don Phares is professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author of the books Who Pays State and Local Taxes? and State-Local Tax Equity: An Empirical Analysis of the Fifty States; co-author of Municipal Output and Performance in New York City; and editor of A Decent Home and Environment: Housing Urban America and Metropolitan Governance without Metropolitan Government? He also has written more than seventy articles and book chapters and scores of technical and government reports. He has consulted for and done research with the federal government, numerous states, local jurisdictions, research organizations, businesses, foundations, and universities. He has also served as an expert witness in legal cases pertaining to state and local taxation; the projection of future income; and the analysis of social, demographic, fiscal, and economic trends. He has done numerous economic and fiscal impact studies for both public and private organizations. His administrative experience includes positions as chairperson of a department of economics, director of a public policy research center, dean of a college of arts and sciences, and vice chancellor for a university campus. He received his BA from Northeastern University and his MA and PhD from Syracuse University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780765620897
Author Donald Phares
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g
