Private Metropolis : The Eclipse of Local Democratic Governance.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Globalization and Community Series ; v.32 .
- Globalization and Community Series .
Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Shadow Governments and the Remaking of the American Local State -- Part I: The Eclipse of the Municipal State -- Chapter 1. Institutions, Interests, and the Local State -- Chapter 2. Multiple-Function Special Districts as Substitutes for Municipalities -- Chapter 3. The Withering of the Municipal State -- Part II: The Evolving Role of Public-Private Authorities -- Chapter 4. From the Old to the New Politics of Governance and Development -- Chapter 5. Privatization Schemes and the Case of Water -- Chapter 6. Lessons from Great Britain -- Part III: The Fiscal Politics of the New American Local State -- Chapter 7. A Look at Special Assessments -- Chapter 8. Financing Public Facilities in an Age of Austerity -- Part IV: Bringing the Public State Back In -- Chapter 9. Building the Public City, Privately -- Conclusion: The Fate of the Public Realm -- Contributors -- Index.