*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Figures, pg. ix*Tables, pg. xi*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xvii*Chapter One. One. Extralocal Linkages and the Comparative Study of Local Politics and Policy, pg. 3*Chapter Two. The View from Above: Legal-Formal Intergovernmental Linkages, pg. 37*Chapter Three. The View from Below: Patterns of Intergovernmental Communication, pg. 83*Chapter Four. The View from Above: Regionalization Schemes, pg. 123*Chapter Five. The View from Below: The Politics of Regional Policy in Tokyo Bay, pg. 161*Chapter Six. Public Policy, the Periphery, and Comparative Politics, pg. 241*Appendices, pg. 261*Index, pg. 283