Eran Razin is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, and Director of the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Patrick J. Smith is Professor at the Department of Political Science and Director, Institute of Governance Studies, Simon Fraser University.
".[A]n anthology of scholarly writings by learned authors concerning the numerous and large-scale metropolitan reforms implemented in Canada and the precedents they are setting. Offering comparative insights from other countries, Metropolitan Governing especially scrutinizes the strengths and weaknesses of 'old regionalism' territorial reforms versus 'new regionalism' horizontal networks of governance; while old regionalism is best for effectively sharing fiscal burdens, new regionalism approaches can be notably more effective in development...[H]ighly recommended collection for college political studies shelves." Wisconsin Bookwatch, July 2007
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