Relevance of Metropolitan Government in Latin American Cities

Large cities in the world confront an interesting dilemma: more democracy and therefore fragmentation of their governments into small agencies, or better performance in an integrated world system of cities and therefore better coordination of government functions.

This book explores this dilemma through a detailed studie of Caracas in Venezuela and Monterrey in Mexico. It also introduces a method to evaluate coordination arrangements and gives recommendations to deal with the double question of democracy and performance faced by cities in an integrated world.