What is it about?

This article argues that the success of metropolitan interlocal collaboration rests on the proclivity to collaboration of independent local governments’ institutional structures, which, in turn, depends on how local governments and their management capabilities have been shaped and evolved, both individually and comparatively with neighboring governments. Additionally, the article classifies and explains four basic models of metropolitan collaborative arrangements.

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Why is it important?

Achieving metropolitan interlocal collaboration to improve the governance of large cities is clearly more difficult than imagined. It is important to think of new forms of public activity to encourage interurban cooperation and coordination.

Perspectives

I hope this paper contributes to the debate on collaboration for the governance of metropolitan areas.

Manlio Felipe Castillo
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas

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This page is a summary of: Beyond Institutional Collective Action, Why and When Do Metropolitan Governments Collaborate?, State and Local Government Review, November 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0160323x19884618.
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