Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- PART ONE: Understanding Regionalism -- 1 The New York Region: 2,179 Governments -- 2 The Values of Regionalism -- PART TWO: Regionalism and the New York City Experience -- 3 One Grand and Glorious City -- 4 Creating Real Local Government in New York City -- 5 The Limits of Metropolitanism -- PART THREE: Functional Regionalism -- 6 Across State Lines: The Port Authority -- 7 Single- State Agencies: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New Jersey Transit -- PART FOUR: The Regional Idea in Subregional Settings -- 8 The Persistence of Suburban Localism -- 9 Two Approaches: Bottom Up and Top Down -- PART FIVE: The Nation in the Regional Arena -- 10 The Case of Solid Waste -- PART SIX: Conclusion -- 11 Lessons for the Future -- Notes -- Index.