Preface 1. Introduction Douglas E. Ashford Part I: Politics, Policy, and Urban Resources in the United States 2. Federal Assistance Programs: The Politics of System Transformation Thomas J. Anton 3. Autonomy and Dependence: The Maze of Local Government Revenues Samuel B. Bacharach, Jonathan Reader, and George Rolleston 4. Urban Resources, the American Capital Market, and Federal Programs Thomas Boast Part II: National Constraints on Urban Resources 5. La Tutelle Financiere: New Wine in Old Bottles? Douglas E. Ashford 6. Urban Investment Controls in Britain Ian D. Ball 7. Effects of Federal and State Grants on Local Government Investment Expenditures in West Germany Bernd Reissert 8. Japan Confronts its Cities: Central-Local Relations in a Changing Political Context Michio Muramatsu and Ronald Aqua Part III: Urban Decisions and National Resources 9. National-Local Interaction and the New York City Fiscal Crisis Martin Shefter 10. Options on the Metropolitan Fringe: Strategies of Airport Development Elliot J. Feldman and Jerome Milch 11. Implementing an Urban Strategy: The Case of Public Housing in Metropolitan London Ken Young 12. Cities without Power: The Transformation of American Urban Regimes Stephen L. Elkin 13. Conclusion: Restructuring the Resource Flow Douglas E. Ashford Select Bibliography
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Douglas E. Ashford
