Measuring Government in the Early Twentieth Century

Williams, Daniel

doi:10.1111/1540-6210.00329

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“…Citizen satisfaction surveys historically trace to the Progressive era (Miller & Miller, 1991a;Williams, 2003). At that time, local governments were widely viewed as corrupt.…”

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The Effects of Community Quality of Life on Local Policy Decisions

Choi²

2014

Applied Research Quality Life

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There have been extensive debates on the factors that influence local policy decisions.Although many researchers have contributed to uncovering various influences such as political, economic, institutional, and demographic factors on local policy decisions, however, the concept of QoL rarely has used in extant literature. Local government spending is likely to be affected by citizen demands for achieving community well-being. Additionally, given that different policy functions variably affect local circumstances, the impact of QoL on local policy decisions will depend on the policy area. Hence, this study examined the relationship between QoL and local budgetary decisions based on Peterson's (1981) policy scheme of, three distinct policy arenas (developmental, allocational, and redistributive policy). In examining the relationship of QoL and city spending across policy functions, I also considered economic, political, institutional, and demographic factors, derived from various theoretical perspectives on local policy decisions.The relative influences of community QoL as well as other factors on local policy decisions were estimated by two-stage least squares regression analysis (2SLS) for developmental spending and by ordinary least squares (OLS) for allocational and redistributive spending. To measure community QoL, this study used 89,066 completed surveys from 167 communities in the United States for 2002-2008 are used. QoL appeared as a critical factor influencing local government expenditures in the three policy areas. The impact of QoL on local spending in the three areas differed depending on city income levels; city income levels then moderated local policy decisions.iii These findings suggest that local policy priorities adjusted in accordance with economic growth. Allocational policy functions also should be thought to be functions of cities geared toward giving them a competitive edge over other cities by meeting evolved citizen preferences for city amenities. These findings also point to distinct patterns of political activities in each policy arena. Given that community QoL reflects adjusted citizens' demands, I contend that community QoL can contribute to performance management by providing additional public information and a complementary performance indicator.iv

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“…Citizen satisfaction surveys historically trace to the Progressive era (Miller & Miller, 1991a;Williams, 2003). At that time, local governments were widely viewed as corrupt.…”

Section: B Significance Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effects of Community Quality of Life on Local Policy Decisions

Choi²

2014

Applied Research Quality Life

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“…Incidence of the difference in budget allocation will lead to a different financial condition among local governments (Ritonga et al, 2012a(Ritonga et al, , 2012b [15,16] Financial condition describes the ability of a government in fulfilling their obligations whether in the form of debt or service fulfillment in timely manner (Wang et al, 2007 andKioko, 2013) [22,7]. According to assessment upon financial condition, local government is able to identify how to fulfill public needs, how to utilize resources and how to proceed resources so that it can be more productive (Williams, 2003) [24]. The importance of financial condition measurement was illustrated by Wang and Liou (2009) [23] as a checking upon human health, financial condition health of an organization which is considered as a complex and a multidimensional matter so that every change in any financial condition will affect other parts.…”

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Design and Analysis of Financial Condition Local Government Java and Bali (2013-2014)

Natrini¹,

Ritonga²

2017

SHS Web Conf.

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This research aims to identify financial condition of local government in Java and Bali year 2013-2014. It is due to government financial condition, according to several researchers, provides an image on the ability of a government in fulfilling their obligations whether in the form of debt or service fulfillment in timely manner. According to assessment upon financial condition, local government is able to identify how to fulfill public needs, how to utilize resources and how to proceed resources so that it can be more productive. As for the measurement method of financial condition itself, the standard method cannot be determined. Therefore, indicator used for measuring local government financial condition is Brown's (1993)[2] indicator development adjusted to Indonesian government. In order to develop the indicator, this research employs qualitative method by comparing GASB No.34, SAP Government Regulation ("Peraturan Pemerintah" -PP) 71 Year 2010, SAP PP 24 year 2005 and literature studies and expert validation. In order to obtain a balanced comparison, this research also employs clusters developed by Baidori (2015)[1] for government in Java and Bali. Results of this research showed that among 7 analyzed clusters, there are variations of results, even though each cluster has similar socioeconomic condition to each other. This variation upon Indonesian local government financial condition is caused by regional autonomy.

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“…Since the idea originated in the first decade of the 20th century in the United States (Williams, 2003), it has always been in the spotlight from time to time. For the past century, many budget reforms in developed countries have ebbed and flowed around this important theme of the contemporary public budgeting (Schick, 1990).…”

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Discussion of a Utilization-Driven Approach for Performance-Informed Budgeting in China

Lu¹

2016

CPAR

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Abstract:The diffusion of performance budgeting into China asks the question: how may China approach this task? This research examines the experience of performance budgeting in the United States, and explores the desirability of a utilization-driven approach to implement performance budgeting in China. This article argues that, given what we have known from experiences in other countries, a utilization driven approach, an approach that means to design a performance measurement system that clearly identifies the users of information and the intended uses, holds the promise in China's unique historical, political and cultural environment.

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Measuring Government in the Early Twentieth Century

Cited by 133 publications

References 76 publications

The Effects of Community Quality of Life on Local Policy Decisions

The Effects of Community Quality of Life on Local Policy Decisions

Design and Analysis of Financial Condition Local Government Java and Bali (2013-2014)

Discussion of a Utilization-Driven Approach for Performance-Informed Budgeting in China

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