Municipal Corruption: From Policies to People

About Kimberly L. NelsonWhitney B. Afonso

Kimberly L. Nelson is Professor of Public Administration and Government in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA. Dr. Nelsons research on form of government corruption and innovation has been published in Public Administration Review The American Review of Public Administration State and Local Government Review and other journals. As a member of the Center for Public Leadership and Governance she conducts training and provides advice on leadership and management topics. Dr. Nelson is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration co-editor of State and Local Government Review and serves on the editorial boards of Public Administration Review and The American Review of Public Administration.Whitney B. Afonso is Professor of Public Administration and Government in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA. Dr. Afonsos research focuses on state and local public finance with an emphasis on local sales taxes. Her work has been published in Public Administration Review National Tax Journal Public Budgeting & Finance American Review of Public Administration and other journals. She serves on the executive committee of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and on the editorial boards of Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and Public Budgeting & Finance. In addition to her traditional research and teaching Dr. Afonsos position at UNC engages her with elected officials and practitioners within the state.