City-County Consolidation e-bog
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Although a frequently discussed reform, campaigns to merge a major municipality and county to form a unified government fail to win voter approval eighty per cent of the time. One cause for the low success rate may be that little systematic analysis of consolidated governments has been done. In City-County Consolidation, Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier compare nine city-county consolidations...
E-bog
473,39 DKK
Forlag
Georgetown University Press
Udgivet
15 juli 2010
Længde
336 sider
Genrer
Political science and theory
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781589016224
Although a frequently discussed reform, campaigns to merge a major municipality and county to form a unified government fail to win voter approval eighty per cent of the time. One cause for the low success rate may be that little systematic analysis of consolidated governments has been done. In City-County Consolidation, Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier compare nine city-county consolidations-incorporating data from 10 years before and after each consolidation-to similar cities and counties that did not consolidate. Their groundbreaking study offers valuable insight into whether consolidation meets those promises made to voters to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these governments. The book will appeal to those with an interest in urban affairs, economic development, local government management, general public administration, and scholars of policy, political science, sociology, and geography.