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Tense commandments : federal prescriptions and city problems / Pietro S. Nivola.

Title: Tense commandments : federal prescriptions and city problems / Pietro S. Nivola.
Author: Nivola, Pietro S.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.

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Description

xi, 218 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"As the Nation and its cities brace for a long and arduous effort to combat terrorism, Pietro Nivola recommends that federal mandates be evaluated with a standard question: are they socially beneficial, or do they deprive localities of discretion, distort legitimate local priorities, and perhaps misallocate resources? In today's intricate federal system, the unencumbered capacity of governments at all levels to define their roles and concentrate on their core functions and responsibilities seems urgent."--BOOK JACKET.

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Subject

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-207) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Problems -- Tales from six cities -- The politics of paternalism -- Comparative politics.

ISBN

0815760930 (hbk.)
0815760949 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002008412

OCLC

49902138
SCSB-10421627

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library