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Subject(s)

• Metropolitan government—Social aspects [Browse]
• Intergovernmental cooperation [Browse]
• Intergovernmental cooperation—Michigan—Detroit Metropolitan Area [Browse]
• Regional planning—Michigan—Detroit Metropolitan Area [Browse]
• Detroit Metropolitan Area (Mich.)—Politics and government [Browse]

Series

• Routledge research in urban politics and policy ; 4. [More in this series]
• Routledge research in urban politics and policy ; 4 [More in this series]

Summary note

"Creating metropolitan regions that are more efficient, equitable, and sustainable depends on the willingness of local officials to work together across municipal boundaries to solve large-scale problems. How do these local officials think? Why do they only sometimes cooperate? What kind of governance do they choose in the face of persistent problems? The Risk of Regional Governance offers a new perspective on these questions. Drawing on theory from sociology and anthropology, it argues that many of the most important cooperative decisions local officials make--those about land use planning and regulation--are driven by heuristic, biased reasoning driven by cultural values. The Risk of Regional Governance builds a sociocultural collective action framework, and supports it with rich survey and interview data from hundreds of local elected officials serving in the suburbs of Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a story of the Rust Belt, of how local officials think about their community and the region, and--most importantly--of how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781138235755 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
• 113823575X ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))

LCCN

2017020921

OCLC

1005056711

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