TY - JOUR
AU - Reeves, Mavis, Mann
AB - Abstract This article analyzes the influence of state, region, and urbanization on adoption of comity government structural reform, exemplified by charter adoption, appointment of county administrators, and election of executives. It examines3, 119 counties on which data were available, emphasizing the 786 counties with appointed administrators, 382 with elected executives, and 117 with charters. These three structural reforms were correlated with urbanization as measured by three variables for counties nationwide: population size, population growth, and per capita income. The reforms also were examined by U.S. Census regions and subregions. Then each reform was adjusted to assess the influence of one or a few stales where a given reform was slate-imposed or almost universally adopted. For each reform, urbanization was a key factor in explaining adoption. Region offered little explanation. The stale also emerged as an important variable This content is only available as a PDF. © 1993, CSF Associates
TI - County Government Structural Reform: Influence of State, Region, and Urbanization
JF - Publius: The Journal of Federalism
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a038054
DA - 1993-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/county-government-structural-reform-influence-of-state-region-and-cyN1QHMGT2
SP - 41
EP - 52
VL - 23
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -