Cities by Contract: The Politics of Municipal Incorporation

by Gary J. Miller

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The battle line in the urban conflict lies between the central city and the affluent suburb. The city, needing to broaden its tax base in order to provide increasingly necessary social services, has sought to annex the suburb. The latter, in order to hold down property taxes, has sought independence through incorporation. Cities by Contractdocuments and dissects this process through case studies of communities located in Los Angeles County. The book...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262131641

ISBN13:9780262131643

Release Date:January 1981

Publisher:MIT Press (MA)

Length:253 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Architecture Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences State State & Local Urban & Land Use Planning

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