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Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth

The American city operates in an environment characterized by very complex sets of interacting interests and jurisdictions; it is both composed of such elements and itself an element in the wider sets of relations that make up the regions, states, and the nation as a whole. Like the individual citizen, the city can only partially control its own destiny. In some cases, events within the city’s territory are determined almost entirely by the actions of the duly constituted municipal authority; but conditions in the city may also be determined by the interaction of local interests, by direct intervention on the part of state or federal government, or by a complex interaction of state, local, and national interests that virtually bypasses municipal influence. Obviously, the city’s capacity to affect the quality of life of its citizens is a direct function of the extent to which it can control the course of events acting alone, the extent to which it can develop, administer, and improve the policies applied within its territories. And the importance of learning how to improve the city’s performance will depend on