The Risk of Regional Governance

The Risk of Regional Governance is a story of the Rust Belt, of how local officials think about their community and the region, and-most importantly-of how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance.

Thomas Skuzinski is Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech University. He holds doctoral and master degrees from the University of Michigan, and a law degree from Michigan State University. His work uses a sociological institutionalist lens to examine how the rules, norms, and cultures in which local government actors are embedded shape metropolitan governance.

1. Introduction 2. Governing the Region through Cooperation 3. Beyond Economizing 4. Sociocultural Collective Action 5. Investigating Rules and Norms 6. Cultural Legitimizing 7. Conclusion