VISSER, James A <br/><br/>
Understanding local government cooperation in urban regions :  toward a cultural model of interlocal relations 

 -  2002 
<br/><br/> This article examines the debate over metropolitan governmental form and the applicability of the reform-consolidation and market-public choice models to understanding te reality of how interlocal governmental relations operate in urban regions. These form-based models are found to be deficient as useful and inductively empirical paradigms for examining the day-to-day interplay  of interlocal relations. The author presents on the roles and behavior of local officials, especially administrators ,may be more driving explanatory factors in interlocal relations than governmental form