Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice: An Exploration of Local Governance (Suny Series in Public Administration) - Couverture souple

Clingermayer, James C.; Feiock, Richard C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791449149 ISBN 13 : 9780791449141

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2001

Synopsis

Institutional arrangements constitute the "rules of the game" for any civil and political society. To understand urban politics and policy making, including issues dealing with economic development, zoning, constituency representation, government borrowing, and service contract decisions, discovering institutional regularities is key. To achieve this the authors combine older institutional approaches emphasizing formal structure and governance organizations with newer approaches and transaction cost theory. Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice contends that institutional arrangements both shape and are shaped by human behavior, and when combined with contextual factors and the uncertainty associated with leadership turnover provide the basis of understanding how decisions are made at the level of local government.

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À propos de l'auteur

James C. Clingermayer is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University. Richard C. Feiock is Professor of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791449149
• ISBN 13: 9780791449141
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 151
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• Personne responsable: non disponible