Discovering American regionalism : an introduction to regional intergovernmental organizations / David Miller and Jen Nelles ; with George Dougherty and Jay Rickabaugh.
Regionalism then and now -- Local government and the evolution of American regionalism -- State approaches to regional cross-boundary relations -- What's a RIGO? -- Rethinking regions through the lens of RIGOs -- RIGO relationships : IGOs and MPOs -- RIGOs and MSAs : spatial dissimilarity -- Measuring the jurisdictional environment of regions : the regional power diffusion index (RPDI) -- Distributing decision-making between local governments on RIGO boards -- Distributing decision-making to the civic sector on RIGO boards -- Charting the RIGO policy space -- Appendix 1. State listing of RIGOs -- Appendix 2. State listing of RMPOs.
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