Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice
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Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice

An Exploration of Local Governance

  1. 164 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice

An Exploration of Local Governance

About this book

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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Yes, you can access Institutional Constraints and Policy Choice by James C. Clingermayer,Richard C. Feiock,James C. Clingermayer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & American Government. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS AND POLICY CHOICE
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. Institutional Foundations of Local Governance
  6. 2. Institutional Incentives and Policy Choice
  7. 3. Constituencies, Contacting, and Casework
  8. 4. Leadership Turnover and the Delivery of City Services
  9. 5. Turnover, Time Horizons, and Credible Commitments: The Politics of Long-Term Obligations
  10. 6. External Constraints and Local Policy Choice
  11. 7. Conclusion: Institutions and Local Government
  12. Notes
  13. References
  14. Index