Oliver P. Williams was Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is coeditor of Democracy in Urban America and Democracy in the Fifty States. He is coauthor of Four Cities, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Charles S. Liebman was Professor of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University Thomas R. Dye is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at Florida State University.
Preface
Urban Differentiation and the Governing of Metropolitan Areas
Specialization and Differentiation in the Metropolitan Area
Fiscal Responses: Methods of Analysis
Fiscal Responses: Municipal Programs
Fiscal Responses: School Revenues
Fiscal Responses: Tax Policy
Land-use Policy
Attitudes, Opinions, and Local Policies
Interlocal Cooperation
Functional Transfers: Two Cases
Urban Differentiation and the Future of Metropolitan Government
Appendices
Index
