Urban Primacy and Politics.

Much of the world's countries have large primate cities. It is not uncommon to observe primate cities that have one-third or more of the urbanized (or sometime total) population of their countries. These primate cities are often associated with many of the worst features of urban concentration. The histories of these cities generally show a government that either implicitly or explicilty transferred income to the capital city. This paper explores the connection between primacy and politics.