Metropolitan Government

First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level. It discusses relevant theoretical aspects of local government reorganization.

List of contents

Preface 1. Governing metropolitan areas 2. Historical, theoretical and comparative aspects of metropolitan government 3. London 4. Manchester 5. Melbourne 6. Toronto 7. San Francisco 8. Metropolitan government: past, present and future Appendix A: Population statistics of local authorities Appendix B: Expenditures of metropolitan authorities, metropolitan districts and central cities

About the author

I.M. Barlow is a political geographer who specializes in metropolitan government. He received his undergraduate education in geography at the University of Wales, and his graduate training at Cincinnati and McGill. Before joining Concordia University's Geography Department in 1976, he taught at the State University of New York, McMaster, Saskatchewan, and McGill Universities. He has also held many visiting posts around the world.

Product details

• Authors: I. M. Barlow
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041106463
• ISBN: 978-1-041-10646-3
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, Interdisciplinary studies, Human Geography, Urban communities, Regional, state and other local government, Urban communities / city life, Public administration / Public policy