A new model for fiscal regionalism: greater Racines plan for overcoming fiscal disparity.

In recent years, observers of urban management have paid increasingly close attention to the governance of metropolitan regions. In a 2002 book on this topic, scholar and former municipal manager David Miller suggests that "there is a movement, albeit painfully slow, toward regional solutions to public problems in ... metropolitan areas. (1) Interestingly, Miller points out that while local governments in metropolitan areas are becoming even more diffused, they are also coming together more often to tackle issues of common concern. This increased collaboration no doubt owes itself to a recognition of the interdependency of metropolitan governments and the potential of ...