State Administrative Supervision Over Cities in the United States
State Administrative Supervision Over Cities in the United States

Author: Schuyler Crawford Wallace

Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press ; London : P.S. King & son, Limited

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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An in-depth look at the relationship between states and the cities for which they are responsible. Includes an evaluation of the role states play in issues such as finances, health and education.

Debt Wish
Debt Wish

Author: Alberta M. Sbragia

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 1996-05-15

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780822971740

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Albert Sbragia considers American urban government as an investor whether for building infrastructure or supporting economic development. Over time, such investment has become disconnected from the normal political and administrative processes of local policymaking through the use of special public spending authorities like water and sewer commissions and port, turnpike, and public power authorities.Sbragia explores how this entrepreneurial activity developed and how federal and state policies facilitated or limited it. She also analyzes the implications of cities creating innovative, special-purpose quasi-governments to circumvent and dilute state control over city finances, diluting their own authority in the process.