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by Jen Nelles (Author)
How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to sustain cultural infrastructure in metropolitan regions. In this era of fragmented authority, local governments alone rarely possess the capacity to address these policy issues alone.
Author Biography
Jen Nelles is a Postdoctoral Fellow at CEPS/INTEAD (Luxembourg) and Research Fellow PROGRIS at the University of Toronto.