02431nam a2200397Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112020003500148040002100183035002100204050002400225082002000249100002200269245015000291246005900441246005000500260005900550300003300609500003300642504006300675505070800738533015201446546001301598650006801611650006301679650008101742655002901823700002301852710001701875856012601892999001502018ebr10026275CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||010713s2001    dcuab   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2001001376  z0815700881 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0815700873 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)61450706314aJS1230b.B46 2001eb04a320.80974712211 aBenjamin, Gerald.10aRegionalism and realismh[electronic resource] :ba study of governments in the New York metropolitan area /cGerald Benjamin, Richard P. Nathan.30aStudy of governments in the New York metropolitan area3 aGovernments in the New York metropolitan area  aWashington, DC :bBrookings Institution Press,cc2001.  axviii, 308 p. :bill., maps.  a"A Century Foundation Book."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p.269-299) and index.2 aPart One, Understanding regionalism. The New York region : 2,179 governments -- The values of regionalism -- Part Two, Regionalism and the New York City experience. One grand and glorious city -- Creating real local government in New York City -- The limits of metropolitanism. Part Three, Functional regionalism. Across state lines : the Port Authority -- Single-state agencies : the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit -- Part Four, The regional idea in subregional settings. The persistence of suburban localism -- Two approaches : bottom up and top down -- Part Five, The nation in the regional arena. The case of solid waste -- Part Six, Conclusion. Lessons for the future.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.  aEnglish. 0aLocal governmentzNew York (State)zNew York Metropolitan Area. 0aRegionalismzNew York (State)zNew York Metropolitan Area. 0aIntergovernmental cooperationzNew York (State)zNew York Metropolitan Area. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aNathan, Richard P.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10026275zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c8203d8203