01485pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002200040245003600062260000900098300001300107362000800120520101000128650002101138773002501159909001001184999001701194952010401211180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aNorris, Donald F.  aWhither metropolitan governance  c2001  ap.532-50  aMar  aThe author examines the issue of metropolitan governance without metropolitan government through an in-depth case study of two English conurbations, the West Midlands and Greater Manchester, 10 years after the abolition of their metropolitan governments.  The author addresses whether metropolitan governance has occurred since the abolition of the metropolitan governments in these areas or whether any other mechanisms developed that substituted for metropolitan governance.  Although the local governments in these conurbations cooperate with one another when they are required (by the British central government) to do so and in matters of joint convenience, the author found that true regional governance did not result.  If metropolitan governance without metropolitan governments does not occur in a unitary state such as Great Britain, it is unlikely to occur in the United States, where there is greater governmental fragmentation and historically stronger local government autonomy. - reproduced  aLocal government  aUrban Affairs Review  a48428  c48428d48428  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 36, Issue no: 4pAR48856r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR