"Service delivery is the specialty of the city government. The more competently it performs this function, the greater will be its bargaining power in A lbany and Washington. Successful local program management and supportive local constit uents in this urban colossus cannot be ignored by other...

Local government in Australia accounts for only nine percent of domestic public expenditure, and has no responsibility for financing education, welfare, or public safety. Local expenditures in metropolitan areas vary widely, but city-suburban fiscal disparities are nonexistent. Multiple...