JERRY MITCHELL is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Baruch College, City University of New York. His research has appeared in various academic journals, including the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and State and Local Government Review.

• Policy Functions and Issues for Public Authorities by Jerry Mitchell Accountability Expertise, Democracy, and the Public Authority Model: Groping toward Accommodation by Jameson W. Doig and Jerry Mitchell External Controls on Public Authorities and Other Special Purpose Governments by James Leigland The Influence of Labor Unions on Public Authorities in New York State: Problems and Prospects by Joel M. Douglas Financial Issues Public Authorities and Contemporary Debt Financing by Jerry Mitchell and Gerald J. Miller The Changing Role of Funding in Authority Policy Implementation by Robert G. Smith Innovative Uses Economic Development, Political Conflict, and the Creation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority by Dennis C. Muniak Housing New York: The Creation and Development of the Battery Park City Authority by William B. Eimicke Public Authorities and Social Problems: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Addresses the Homeless Problem in Its Facilities by Deborah Wathen Finn Public Authorities as Agents of the Not-So-Quiet Revolution in Hazardous Waste Facility Siting by Michael K. Heiman Impacts Economic Benefits of Public Authorities: An Impact Analysis of Florida's Port Canaveral by Bradley M. Braun Performance Issues for Public Authorities in Georgia by Donald T. Wells and Richard Scheff Selected Bibliography Index

JERRY MITCHELL is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Baruch College, City University of New York. His research has appeared in various academic journals, including the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and State and Local Government Review.

• Policy Functions and Issues for Public Authorities by Jerry Mitchell Accountability Expertise, Democracy, and the Public Authority Model: Groping toward Accommodation by Jameson W. Doig and Jerry Mitchell External Controls on Public Authorities and Other Special Purpose Governments by James Leigland The Influence of Labor Unions on Public Authorities in New York State: Problems and Prospects by Joel M. Douglas Financial Issues Public Authorities and Contemporary Debt Financing by Jerry Mitchell and Gerald J. Miller The Changing Role of Funding in Authority Policy Implementation by Robert G. Smith Innovative Uses Economic Development, Political Conflict, and the Creation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority by Dennis C. Muniak Housing New York: The Creation and Development of the Battery Park City Authority by William B. Eimicke Public Authorities and Social Problems: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Addresses the Homeless Problem in Its Facilities by Deborah Wathen Finn Public Authorities as Agents of the Not-So-Quiet Revolution in Hazardous Waste Facility Siting by Michael K. Heiman Impacts Economic Benefits of Public Authorities: An Impact Analysis of Florida's Port Canaveral by Bradley M. Braun Performance Issues for Public Authorities in Georgia by Donald T. Wells and Richard Scheff Selected Bibliography Index

JERRY MITCHELL is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Baruch College, City University of New York. His research has appeared in various academic journals, including the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and State and Local Government Review.

• Policy Functions and Issues for Public Authorities by Jerry Mitchell Accountability Expertise, Democracy, and the Public Authority Model: Groping toward Accommodation by Jameson W. Doig and Jerry Mitchell External Controls on Public Authorities and Other Special Purpose Governments by James Leigland The Influence of Labor Unions on Public Authorities in New York State: Problems and Prospects by Joel M. Douglas Financial Issues Public Authorities and Contemporary Debt Financing by Jerry Mitchell and Gerald J. Miller The Changing Role of Funding in Authority Policy Implementation by Robert G. Smith Innovative Uses Economic Development, Political Conflict, and the Creation of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority by Dennis C. Muniak Housing New York: The Creation and Development of the Battery Park City Authority by William B. Eimicke Public Authorities and Social Problems: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Addresses the Homeless Problem in Its Facilities by Deborah Wathen Finn Public Authorities as Agents of the Not-So-Quiet Revolution in Hazardous Waste Facility Siting by Michael K. Heiman Impacts Economic Benefits of Public Authorities: An Impact Analysis of Florida's Port Canaveral by Bradley M. Braun Performance Issues for Public Authorities in Georgia by Donald T. Wells and Richard Scheff Selected Bibliography Index