Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice

An Exploration of Local Governance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

AvJames C. Clingermayer,Richard C. Feiock,James C Clingermayer,Richard C Feiock

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Demonstrates how governmental structure and institutional rules determine who gets what in American cities.Institutional arrangements constitute the "rules of the game" for any civil and political society. To understand urban politics and policy making, including issues dealing with economic development, zoning, constituency representation, government borrowing, and service contract decisions, discovering institutional regularities is key. To achieve this the authors combine older institutional approaches emphasizing formal structure and governance organizations with newer approaches and transaction cost theory. Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice contends that institutional arrangements both shape and are shaped by human behavior, and when combined with contextual factors and the uncertainty associated with leadership turnover provide the basis of understanding how decisions are made at the level of local government.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-04-12
Mått156 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt318 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor164
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791449134

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Preface Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1Institutional Foundations of Local Governance CHAPTER 2Institutional Incentives and Policy Choice CHAPTER 3Constituencies, Contacting, and Casework CHAPTER 4Leadership Turnover and the Delivery of City Services CHAPTER 5Turnover, Time Horizons, and Credible Commitments: The Politics of Long-Term Obligations CHAPTER 6External Constraints and Local Policy Choice CHAPTER 7Conclusion: Institutions and Local Government Notes References Index

"This book could have a profound effect on how we both study and teach local government decision making. It encourages local government scholars to once again include variables representative of local institutional arrangements in equations seeking to explain local government decision making." — J. Edwin Benton, University of South Florida"Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice should be a standard among urban oriented graduate courses. It summarizes a broad literature and integrates the latest research and methods, and demonstrates the connection between theory, method, and hypothesis testing. It is the best book written on this topic." — Max Neiman, University of California, Riverside