Decentering Decentralization

• Published in: The University of Chicago law review Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 253 - 338
• Main Author: Frug, Jerry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago University of Chicago Law School 01.04.1993; University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago, acting on behalf of the University of Chicago Law Review
• Subjects: Cities; Communities; Consciousness; Decentralization; Federal government; Government; Homeless people; Intergovernmental relations; Law; Local government; Metropolitan areas; Nation states; Political power; Political science; Politics; Postmodern feminism; Property taxes; Self; Self interest; Sovereignty; State government; Subjectivity; Suburbs; United States; Zoning; United States > US

The traditional argument holds that true decentralization of power is no longer possible. This traditional understanding of decentralized power in the US is rejected. Decentralization of power is redefined by building on the vast literature of critique of the centered subject. Two alternative vision...