Regionalism and Realism

"Gerald Benjamin is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of political science at the State University College at New Paltz. Richard P. Nathan is professor of political science and public policy at the State University of New York, Albany. He also serves as director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government and as provost of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the university."

"It moves well beyond a case study of a single metropolitan area to discuss, with sophistication and insight, how regionalism is affecting governance more generally within metropolitan areas.... The final chapter, Lessons for the Future, contains rich and pertinent advice and should be required reading for all those seeking to reform how metropolitan areas are governed. Highly recommended for all libraries." —E.T. Jones, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Choice, 3/1/2002|"[A] smart, compelling, and eminently insightful book.... This is a blunt, pragmatic, and highly readable book. Students and practitioners of metropolitan affairs- and particularly those putting all their eggs in regionalism's basket- will do well to heed its course-correcting call." —Kathryn A. Foster, University of Buffalo, Urban Affairs Review, 7/1/2002