Here is what's in the book. The chapters will be here when it's released.

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A mayor or hromada head short of time can start with Chapters 1, 3, and 6 and the Conclusion. A drafter of national law can start with Chapters 2 and 8.

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Author's Note

How This Book Works

Introduction — American Councils of Governments and Ukraine's Metropolitan Opportunity

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Part I: The American Experience

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Chapter 1: A Council of Governments — What It Is and What It Delivers

Chapter 2: The Legal Environment of a Council of Governments — Seven Questions and the Menu of State Answers

Chapter 3: The Board Structures of a Council of Governments — Composition, Voting, and Leadership

Chapter 4: The Funding Models of a Council of Governments — Dues, Leverage, and Resilience

Key Findings from the American Experience

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Part II: Ukraine's Metros, and What Transfers

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Chapter 5: Mapping Ukraine's Metropolitan Terrain — Facts, Conditions, Discernment

Chapter 6: Acting on Ukraine's Metropolitan Terrain — A Pathway for Every Metro and the EU Accession Clock

Key Requirements of Ukraine's Metros

Chapter 7: The Lessons That Transfer — What Crosses and What Doesn't

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Part III: What Ukraine Can Build

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Chapter 8: Building Ukraine's Enabling Law — What a Law Would Have to Answer

Chapter 9: Building Ukraine's Board Structures — Deciding Who Sits, Who Votes, and Who Leads

Chapter 10: Building Ukraine's Funding Models — Paying for the Cooperation That Reconstruction Requires

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Conclusion — A Good Place to Start

Acknowledgments

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Appendices

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Appendix I — The 100 U.S. Councils of Governments: The Roster in Brief

Appendix II — The European Experience: What the Literature Suggests

Appendix III — Mapping Ukraine's Metropolitan Areas: Data, Methods, and Analysis

Appendix IV — Glossary and Key Terms