Case Studies of City-County Consolidation: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape
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A01=Kurt M. Thurmaier
A01=Suzanne M. Leland
Author_Kurt M. Thurmaier
Author_Suzanne M. Leland
Category=JPR
city county consolidation case studies
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government reorganization
intergovernmental relations
local policy analysis
municipal mergers
Muscogee
public administration
Tallahassee
Unification
urban governance
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- ISBN 9780765609434
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Facing cutbacks in federal and state assistance and a new wave of taxpayer revolts, local governments have renewed interest in local government consolidation as a way of achieving efficiencies of scale in response to citizen demands for services. Yet the vast majority of consolidation efforts fail, either during the process of drafting a charter or once they reach the ballot - only five have passed since 1990; only thirty-two have been successfully implemented since the first, when the city of New Orleans merged with Orleans Parish in 1805. What accounts for the high failure rate and what factors led to successful consolidations? This volume presents thirteen comparable case studies of consolidation campaigns and distills the findings.
Suzanne M. Leland, Kurt M. Thurmaier
