Changing the Form of County Government: Effects on Revenue and Expenditure Policy

Morgan, David R.; Kickham, Kenneth

doi:10.2307/3110114

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“…Reformed institutions seem to be critical to successful growth management because “professional managers regard this as an opportunity to exercise modern planning ideas” (Lubell et al., 2005, p. 716). This professional leadership and orientation also allows counties to more adequately manage growing service requirements (Cigler, 1995; Morgan & Kickham, 1999).…”

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent decades, county government forms have changed more than city forms. County commission government is the traditional “unreformed” county government structure specified in the constitutions of many states (Benton, 2002; DeSantis & Renner, 1994; Morgan & Kickham, 1999). As a result of the absence of a single executive authority, the commission‐only form of government was thought to be too fragmented and unable to deal with the pressures of new government functions resulting from increased growth (DeSantis & Renner, 1994).…”

Section: Political Institutions and Land Use Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Policy Instrument Choices for Growth Management and Land Use Regulation

Feiock

Tavares

Lubell

2008

Policy Studies Journal

102

118

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What factors account for local government land use practices and their choices among specific growth management policy instruments? We apply the political market framework to examine how land use policy choices in Florida are shaped by institutional features of county governments and the demands of organizations and interests in a community. Local policy decisions reflect a balance of the conflicting interests and responses to economic and political pressures. The results demonstrate that county government structure and election rules play critical roles in the adoption of urban service boundaries, incentive zoning, and transfer of development rights programs. We report evidence consistent with the argument that these “second‐generation” growth management policies are motivated by exclusionary goals.

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Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Political Institutions and Land Use Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy Instrument Choices for Growth Management and Land Use Regulation

Feiock

Tavares

Lubell

2008

Policy Studies Journal

102

118

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“…In particular, urban counties have more options in choosing the specific range of services and programmes they provide (Morgan and Kickham 1999). Oakerson and Parks (1989, 290) admit that counties are a legal and political subdivision of state government, but the conception of "creature of the state" is "both empirically incorrect and normatively misleading".…”

Section: Counties Under Fiscal Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Counties have a considerable amount of flexibility in applying mandates (Morgan and Kickham 1999;Sokolow and Detwiler 2001;Streib et al 2007). In particular, urban counties have more options in choosing the specific range of services and programmes they provide (Morgan and Kickham 1999).…”

Section: Counties Under Fiscal Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Local officials in counties must therefore choose which services they will provide and find more efficient and effective ways to provide these services (Cigler 1994;Benton 2002a, 204). 7 County governments have the flexibility to create or distribute surplus funds by changing expenditure categories (Pagano 1997;Morgan and Kickham 1999;Dougherty et al 2003) and to resist unfunded state mandates (Berman and Salant 1996). Several studies suggest that state governments under fiscal pressure allow more discretion, transfer state and federal responsibilities, and impose unfunded mandates on local governments (Berman 1993;Krane et al 2004;Sosin et al 2010).…”

Section: Counties Under Fiscal Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The politics of redistribution in local governments: the effect of gender representation on welfare spending in California counties

Park¹

2014

J. Pub. Pol.

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: This research explores the impact of gender representation at the state and local levels on redistributive choices. This research also examines whether female officeholders moderate the impact of the local economy and institution on welfare spending. Hypotheses are tested across 58 counties in California over ten years, between 2001 and 2010. According to the fixed effect models, women in state legislature had a positive effect on local welfare spending, while women on county boards had no significant effect. However, a positive moderating effect of women on county boards during economic hardship was found. Three categories of control variables include institutional factors, such as the introduction of Proposition 1A and county home rule; political factors, such as the political preference of each county's residents and strength of non-profit organisations; and socio-economic factors, such as intergovernmental revenue, unemployment rate and demographics. Counties with more intergovernmental revenue and supporters of Democratic presidential candidates are likely to spend more on welfare services.

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The Role of the County‐Elected Official in Disaster Recovery

Bundy¹,

Jensen²

2015

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Disaster recovery literature suggests that local governments are primarily responsible for the disaster recovery process within their communities. This literature also implies that part of this local government responsibility includes coordinating the different parts of the distributed function. Yet, it remains unknown how this responsibility for recovery—including coordination—is distributed within and across local government. This study explored the role of county‐elected officials in disaster recovery in an attempt to understand what role these elected officials currently play in the recovery process—particularly as related to the coordination of recovery efforts. Data were collected through 20 in‐depth, telephonic interviews with county‐elected officials in 12 states. Grounded theory was used to conceptualize the overall research design and analyze the data. The data showed that the role of the county‐elected officials could best be characterized as an extension of their routine role within the county government with no coordination function evident. Possible explanations of this finding related to role are offered and the implications of this finding for disaster recovery policy, practice, and scholarship are discussed.

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Changing the Form of County Government: Effects on Revenue and Expenditure Policy

Cited by 42 publications

References 17 publications

Policy Instrument Choices for Growth Management and Land Use Regulation

Policy Instrument Choices for Growth Management and Land Use Regulation

The politics of redistribution in local governments: the effect of gender representation on welfare spending in California counties

The Role of the County‐Elected Official in Disaster Recovery

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