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Central-City/Suburban Inequality and Metropolitan Political Fragmentation
(Urban Affairs Review, 1999-03-01)
To test the proposition that metropolitan governmental structure has social, economic, and racial consequences, the authors assume that the proliferation of local governments in a metropolitan area and the boundary constraints ...
Mayors of American Cities: An Analysis of Powers and Responsibilities
(The American Review of Public Administration, 1996-03-01)
Using data from a 1987 nationwide survey of U.S. cities of 25,000 population and above, this research analyzes the formal authority and the informal powers associated with the office of mayor. We divide cities by mayor-council ...
The Pitfalls of Privatization: Contracting without Competition
(The American Review of Public Administration, 1992-12-01)
Most authorities agree that privatization works best with vigorous competition among alternative service providers. Such competition may be difficult to achieve for certain services such as public utilities, for which a ...
Work and Welfare in the American States: Analyzing the Effects of the JOBS Program
(Political Research Quarterly, 1999-12-01)
This research seeks to determine whether the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills GOBS) program (established under the 1988 Family Support Act) was successful in reducing the number of welfare recipients among U.S. states ...