V. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS IN METROPOLITAN

REGIONS

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. "State Legislative Program of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations." October 1963. 214 pages.

Contains a compilation of all of the Commission's State legislative proposals with draft bills to carry out the Commission's recommendations. Bollens, John C. and others. "The States and the Metropolitan Problem." Council of State Governments, Chicago, 1956. 153 pages.

This was a pioneer study of the relations of States to their metropolitan areas-what they have done, what they are doing, and some of the things they could do to improve relations and to assist their metropolitan areas in the solution of areawide problems. This study has been supplemented, and partially superseded, by the following report:

"State Responsibility in Urban Regional Development: A Report to the Governors' Conference." Council of State Governments. Chicago, 1962. 209 pages.

As America has become increasingly urban, local government needs have changed. Traditional public responsibility has shifted in terms of relative importance. The States, with their crucial role in the area of local government, have important responsibilities in accomplishing this transition. This study deals with the role of the States in urban redevelopment; the framework for action with special reference to interstate areas; and possible courses of action in transportation, recreation, and open space.

Connery, Robert H. and Richard H. Leach. "The Federal Government and Metropolitan Areas." Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1960. 275 pages.

The authors attempt to gage the effect of Federal participation in metropolitan areas. Federal programs affecting the development of metropolitan areas, the role of interest groups, congressional attitudes, and Presidential leadership are examined and a strong case is made for continued and expanded Federal action.

Gulick, Luther H. "The Metropolitan Problem and American Ideas." Knopf, New York, 1962. 166 pages.

This series of lectures traces the evolution of the allocation of authority and responsibility for local affairs within our federal system and shows the direction Federal, State, and local institutional developments must take if the needs of urban life are to be met within the limits of our democratic tradition. He calls for joint planning and cooperation on the part of all authorities, in the private sector as well as among all three governmental levels.

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VI. DECISIONMAKING

Adrian, Charles R. and Oliver P. Williams. "Four Cities-A Study in Comparative Policy Making." University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1963. 334 pages.

The authors compare the government and politics of four medium-sized cities. They not only ask "Who governs?" but investigate the valuesystems that condition decisionmaking in these four communities.

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. "Factors Affecting Voter Reactions to Governmental Reorganization in Metropolitan Areas." An information report. May 1962. 80

pages.

This report presents and analyzes various factors affecting citizen responses to proposed plans for local government reorganization in 18 metropolitan areas.

Banfield, Edward C. "Political Influence." Free Press of Glencoe, New York, 1962. 354 pages.

This series of decisionmaking case studies in Chicago deals with such issues as locating a branch of the county hospital, merging city and county welfare departments, subsidizing the Chicago Transit Authority, and others. In each case, the author undertakes to determine the identify of the decisionmakers, i.e., press, churches, business, government, citizen groups, etc. "The book's professional reporting and sound analysis will provide new insights into urban politics," one review comments. Banfield, Edward C. and James Q. Wilson. "City Politics." Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presses, 1963. 362 pages.

The day-to-day workings of city government are explored in this book including areas of group conflict and the manner in which the political system resolves these controversies. The authors' approach differs from many types of inquiry in that they look at urban government as an exercise of the political process rather than as a projection of the art of administration.

Dahl, Robert A. "Democracy and Power in an American City." Yale University Press, New Haven, 1961. 380 pages.

This able study of the processes of government and decisionmaking in New Haven received the annual Woodrow Wilson "most significant book" award at the 1962 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Janowitz, Morris. "Community Political Systems." Free Press of Glencoe. New York, 1962. 259 pages.

America's population explosion has caused an upheaval in the politics of the urban community. Political innovation has become difficult and cumbersome. This book examines five current community political systems in the light of this problem. It shows how communities must learn to relate themselves to the larger political systems and how they must relate their decisionmaking powers and economic leadership to national goals.

Martin, Roscoe C., Frank J. Munger, and others. "Decisions in Syracuse." Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1962. Metro Action Studies No. 1. 384 pages.

These case studies relating to Syracuse and Onondaga County, N.Y., ask and attempt to answer such questions as: What kinds of metropolitan problems are brought up for decision? On whose motion, or by whose instigation? By what private individuals, public officials, or agencies or organizations (public or private) are decisions made? By what process? Meyerson, Martin and Edward C. Banfield. "Politics, Planning, and the Public Interest: The Case of Public Housing in Chicago.' Free Press of Glencoe, Ill., 1955. 353 pages.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and reformers decide where public housing projects are to be located, the authors claim. This case study explores the ramifications of these decisions, the controversy surrounding them, and the roles of participating individuals. The authors are critical of reformers who feel that social problems can be solved wholly by rational social action and individual intelligence. Politicians, on the other hand, deal with and understand the feelings and needs of their constituents while being realistic in the area of remedial measures.

Mowitz, Robert J. and Deil S. Wright. "Profile of a Metropolis: A Case Book." Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1963. 689 pages.

This series of studies of the decision making process in Detroit and Wayne County undertakes for this metropolitan area the same type of analysis applied by Martin and Munger to Syracuse and Onondaga County, and by Dahl, in a somewhat different way, to New Haven. Approximately a dozen case studies deal with the social, political, and urban planning aspects of such problems as airports, expressways, urban renewal, and water supply.

Press, Charles, ed. "Main Street Politics." "Main Street Politics." Michigan State University, Lansing, 1962. 147 pages.

Policymakers at the local level include corporation executives, public officials, the press, political parties, and citizen organizations. Various political scientists have examined the power structure of individual com. munities and explored the relationships between the above-mentioned groups and community decision making. Professor Press explains this school of thought and presents excerpts from studies reflecting this viewpoint.

Rossi, Peter H. and Robert A. Dentler. "The Politics of Urban Renewal: The Chicago Findings." Free Press of Glencoe, New York, 1961. 308 pages.

The authors present a useful analysis of the processes of decisionmaking in the Hyde Park-Kenwood section of Chicago's South Side. Sayre, Wallace S. and Herbert Kaufman. "Governing New York City: Politics in the Metropolis." Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1960. 815 pages.

There are many city histories but very few good books on the government of individual cities. This book on New York is an exception.