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Merger Mania

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780773568914
DOI
10.1515/9780773568914
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9395400 bytes)
Pages
184\184
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:52:48

Description

The idea that merging municipalities will improve local services and economic competitiveness has its roots deep in the nineteenth century. Municipalities in the US were first merged as early as 1848. However, despite being merged at the turn of the twentieth the city of New York was effectively bankrupt by 1975. In contrast metropolitan Boston - often seen as a recent success story in global competition - comprises 282 distinct municipalities.

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