"Cover page "--"Half title page " -- "Title page " -- "Copyright page " -- "PREFACE TO THE REISSUE" -- "Title page " -- "Copyright page " -- "CONTENTS" -- "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" -- "1 Changing Emphases in Public Services Research Andrew Kirby, Paul Knox and Steven Pinch" -- "2 Public Services in Cities and Counties K. Newton" -- "3 The Spatial Allocation of Federal Outlays and Presidential Politics: A Vote-Buying Linkage? J. Clark Archer" -- "4 The Public Choice Perspective in Contemporary Political Geography Fred M. Shelley" -- "5 School Budget Retrenchment and Locational Conflict: Crisis in Local Democracy? David R. Reynolds" -- "6 Jurisdictional Benefits and Local Costs: The Politics of School Closings Rex Honey and David Sorenson" -- "7 Policy Evaluation and Selection: Can Formal Methods Help? Bryan H. Massam" -- "8 Urban Development and The Geography of Personal Services: The Example of Medical Care in the United States Paul Knox James Bohland and Larry Shumsky" -- "9 Economic Determinism and the Provision of Human Services Christopher J. Smith " -- "10 Health Care and the State: Britain and the United States Andrew M. Kirby" -- "11 Inequality in Pre-School Provision: A Geographical Perspective Steven Pinch" -- "12 Social Change, Turf Politics, and Concepts of Turf Politics Kevin R. Cox" -- "13 Neighbourhood Participation, Political Demand Making and Local Outputs in British and North American cities Alan Burnett" -- "14 Political Decision-making and the Distribution o fPublic Benefits: A Political Science Perspective Bryan D. Jones