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"Fragmented Regionalism" by Savitch and Adhikari includes a critical commentary on metropolitan regionalism and the literature about it, as well as a proposed set of ideas labeled "fragmented regionalism." The presentation is valuable for its testimony about an intellectual journey and for its suggestion about avenues for further exploration.

How will cities be governed in 2020? The answer will depend to a significant degree on reducing two "disconnects": one between municipal government and its citizenry, and the other between municipal government and its region. Elected, managerial, and intellectual leaders need to strengthen their understanding, capacities, and skills regarding public engagement and regional engagement across jurisdictional boundaries. Enhanced performance of these functions will improve cities' ability to address problems and seize opportunities in the decade ahead.

Under Democratic and Republican leaders alike, urban policy has receded into a Washington backwater, and it is unlikely to reemerge as a priority any time soon. This essay provides a brief narrative of the rise and fall of urban policy, with a focus on the climax of urban policy making in the late 1970s. The essay also offers some thoughts on the frameworks—the architecture—the status and alignment of which affects the prospects for federal government involvement in local problem solving and building quality communities.

Urban policy is unlikely to be a major concern of the Bush administration in the near future. Some of the reasons for this outlook are offered in this article, including the nature of Bush's electoral support and the benefits those constituencies receive from the allegedly natural workings of the "invisible hand" and the "invisible foot." Some countervailing tendencies are noted. A broader view of urban concerns is called for, a view that would lead toward a domestic policy with an urban consciousness.

The article proposes a framework to clarify and specify regional governance, a concept widely used but as yet inadequately formulated for research and practice. Using capacity and purpose rather than governance or governmental forms as a foundation, the framework identifies five dimensions—actor group, agenda, internal capacity, external capacity, and implementation experience—that together describe regional governance for a time, place, and policy goal.