Abbreviations | p. vii |
Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction: Governable Giants? | p. 1 |
Four Global City-Regions: A Profile | p. 19 |
The Greater London Region | |
Global Pressures and Governmental Innovation | p. 55 |
Strong Metropolitan Leadership | p. 73 |
The New York Tri-State Region | |
Fragmented Metropolis, Decentralist Impulses | p. 99 |
Managed Pluralism | p. 125 |
Paris-Île de France | |
A Fragmented and Conflicting Territory | p. 155 |
Unregulated Competitive Decentralization | p. 171 |
The Tokyo City-Region | |
New Challenges, Old Governance | p. 193 |
World City Policies and the Erosion of the Developmental State | p. 219 |
Pathways of Change | |
Governance and Globalism: Political Responses of Four World City-Regions | p. 241 |
Conclusion: Are Global City-Regions Governable? | p. 269 |
Notes | p. 279 |
Bibliography | p. 285 |
Index | p. 301 |
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