Formation of American Local Governments Private Values in Public Institutions

Name: Formation of American Local Governments Private Values in Public Institutions
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ISBN: 9780195090932

ISBN-10: 0195090934

ISBN-13: 9780195090932

Edition: 1994

Authors: Nancy Burns

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Why have Americans created thousands of new local governments in recent years, a rate much higher than population increases demand? Conflicts over local power--the power to tax, to issue bonds, and to provide services--have produced solutions that are often as ruthless as they are resourceful. The first text to illustrate the impact of creating new local governments, this compelling study provides an illuminating examination of the nature of local politics today. Skillfully combining case studies, institutional history, and quantitative analyses, Nancy Burns argues that economic interests, states, the federal government, and inventive individuals have changed the parameters of local…

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List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/29/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Private Values, Public Institutions


Special Districts and Cities


The Significance of Creating Governments


The Consequences of Institutional Choices


The Logic of Local Government Formation


Conclusion


Appendix


Special Districts


Municipalities



Particulars of Politics


The Character of Evidence


Special Districts


Municipalities


Conclusion



Making Sense of the History


Early U. S. Formations


The Nineteenth Century


The Emergence of Services


Redefining Cities


Early Twentieth Century Districts


More Established Entrepreneurs


Cities and Racial Division


Conclusion



Elements of Collective Action


Complicating the Argument


Measurement


The Sample and the Model


Conclusion


Appendix: Measurement and the Model



Creating Local Politics


Services and Taxes


Race


Municipalities


The Legal Structures of Supply


Small Groups, Entrepreneurs, and the Enabling of Collective Action



The Meaning of Limits


Empirical Results


Implications



Coefficient Estimates and Robust Standard Errors



The Sample


Bibliography