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c o n t e n t s List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 The Challenge of Metropolitan Governance 1 in the Federalist Americas robert h. wilson, peter m. ward, and peter k. spink Chapter 2 Metropolitan Governance in Canada 44 andrew sancton Chapter 3 Metropolitan Governance in the United States: 65 Is Fragmentation an Effective Strategy? robert h. wilson Chapter 4 Metropolitan Governance in Brazil: 100 Institutions, Organizations, and Lessons from Intermunicipal Consortia peter k. spink, marco antonio c. teixeira, and roberta clemente Chapter 5 Metropolitan Governance in Mexico: 141 Mission Impossible? peter m. ward with héctor robles Chapter 6 Argentina: The Political Constraints to Effective 171 Metropolitan Governance pedro pírez Chapter 7 Venezuela: Politics, Urban Reform, and 209 the Challenges of Metropolitan Governance amid the Struggle for Democracy david j. myers Chapter 8 Directions and Dynamics of Change, 247 and the Prospects for Metropolitan Governance in the Americas peter m. ward, robert h. wilson, and peter k. spink Bibliography 283 About the Contributors 303 Index 306 vi Contents ...