Special Districts, Special Purposes
Author | : Virginia Marion Perrenod |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Special districts |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Virginia Marion Perrenod |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Special districts |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Megan Mullin |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2009-08-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0262258390 |
An analysis of the political consequences of special district governance in drinking water management that offers new insights into the influence of political structures on local policymaking. More than ever, Americans rely on independent special districts to provide public services. The special district—which can be as small as a low-budget mosquito abatement district or as vast as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey—has become the most common form of local governance in the United States. In Governing the Tap, Megan Mullin examines the consequences of specialization and the fragmentation of policymaking authority through the lens of local drinking-water policy. Directly comparing specific conservation, land use, and contracting policies enacted by different forms of local government, Mullin investigates the capacity of special districts to engage in responsive and collaborative decision making that promotes sustainable use of water resources. She concludes that the effect of specialization is conditional on the structure of institutions and the severity of the policy problem, with specialization offering the most benefit on policy problems that are least severe. Mullin presents a political theory of specialized governance that is relevant to any of the variety of functions special districts perform. Governing the Tap offers not only the first study of how the new decentralized politics of water is taking shape in American communities, but also new and important findings about the influence of institutional structures on local policymaking.
Author | : Kathryn A. Foster |
Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1997-03-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781589014558 |
In recent decades, local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies ranging in scope from subdivision-sized water districts to multi-state transit authorities. This book is the first comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas in the United States. It presents new evidence on the economic, political, and social implications of relying on these special districts while offering important findings about their use and significance.
Author | : United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Benjamin Joseph Novak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : |
The subject of this bibliography is special districts and authorities created under State enabling legislation for the purpose of constructing or operating improvements, or of providing services to the inhabitants of an area. Thus, school districts and autonomous governmental corporations created by the federal government, such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, are not included.
Author | : Nathaniel Stone Preston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Local government |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher R. Berry |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2009-09-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0521764734 |
Special purpose jurisdictions, such as school districts, water districts, and transit authorities, constitute the most common form of local government in the United States today. This book offers the first political theory of special purpose jurisdictions and provides extensive empirical analyses of the politics and finances of these often overlooked but increasingly influential governments.
Author | : Ivan Hanson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Special districts |
ISBN | : |