Form & structure of local government
Content for the week of March 25, 2024
Topics
- Local government forms
- Service delivery requirements
- Linkages to performance outcomes
Readings
- Chapter 4 in Governing the Metropolitan Region: America’s New Frontier (Miller and Cox 2014)
- Benton, J. Edwin. “County Service Delivery: Does Government Structure Matter?” (Benton 2002)
- Benton, J. Edwin, et al “Service Challenges and Governance Issues Confronting American Counties in the 21st Century: An Overview.” (Benton et al. 2008)
- Frederickson, H. George, Gary Alan Johnson, and Curtis Wood. “The Changing Structure of American Cities: A Study of the Diffusion of Innovation.” (Frederickson, Johnson, and Wood 2004)
- Civic Federation. 2021. An Inventory of Local Governments in Illinois.
References
Benton, J. Edwin. 2002. “County Service Delivery: Does Government Structure Matter?” Public Administration Review 62 (4): 471–79.
Benton, J. Edwin, Jacqueline Byers, Beverly A. Cigler, Kenneth A. Klase, Donald C. Menzel, Tanis J. Salant, Gregory Streib, James H. Svara, and William L. Waugh. 2008. “Service Challenges and Governance Issues Confronting American Counties in the 21st Century: An Overview.” State and Local Government Review 40 (1): 54–68.
Frederickson, H. George, Gary Alan Johnson, and Curtis Wood. 2004. “The Changing Structure of American Cities: A Study of the Diffusion of Innovation.” Public Administration Review 64 (3): 320–30.
Miller, David Y., and Raymond Cox. 2014. Governing the Metropolitan Region: America’s New Frontier. New York, NY: Routledge.