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It is suggested that gender relations constitute an important aspect of variations in urban form. Urban places in the US are generally characterized by a system of private patriarchy that originated in the central city & has since migrated outward. However, significant variations in this system are identified. Such variables as numbers of unmarried people, zoning regulations, public transportation, levels of divorce, single-parent households, & levels of cultural & social homogeneity influence the particular patriarchal system in a given urban area, & result in interurban variation. Each of these variables is discussed in the context of the literature that identifies it as a significant aspect of urban life. 55 References. D. M. Smith

Interview & survey data (N not given) on consumer protection law & its enforcement in the US are used to examine the relative importance of variations in demand for law & in governmental resources to implement law. The quality of a state's laws is found to be unrelated to the resources that it devotes to implementing those laws, & lawmaking & law enforcement are explained by very different factors. An explanation of the findings is offered, based on case studies of 10 states. HA