Author: Virginia Marion PerrenodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Special districts
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Special Districts, Special Purposes
Author: Virginia Marion PerrenodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Special districts
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Governing the Tap
Author: Megan MullinPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262258390
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
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.
The Problem of Special Districts in American Government
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Political Economy of Special-Purpose Government
Author: Kathryn A. FosterPublisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 9781589014558
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
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.
A Selected Bibliography on Special Districts and Authorities in the United States, Annotated
Author: Benjamin Joseph NovakPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
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.
Water Code
Author: TexasSpecial Districts in American Local Government
Author: Nathaniel Stone PrestonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Laws Governing Special Districts
Author: Evaluating Enabling Laws for Special Districts
Author: Ivan HansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Special districts
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Imperfect Union
Author: Christopher R. BerryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764734
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
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.