Consolidated Governments

Consolidated Governments

Literature Review on (Local Government) Consolidated Governments

In the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, [1] Dan Durning offers the following summary about the topic of (Local Government) Consolidated Governments: The consolidation of city and county governments is an “evergreen” issue in many states where counties and metropolitan areas repeatedly raise the issue over time. Despite continuing interest in this type of structural change, local government consolidation efforts are rarely successful. Since 1945, 158 proposals have been submitted to voters for approval, with only 32 successes. When consolidation proponents and opponents seek guidance from researchers on the impacts of consolidation, they find two main schools of thought: public administrationists who believe governmental consolidation is a useful mechanism to overcome the pathologies of fragmentation and political economists who believe fragmentation creates positive benefits for metropolitan areas. Research testing these policies has provided no definitive results.

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Notes and References

  1. Entry about (Local Government) Consolidated Governments in the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (2015, Routledge, Oxford, United Kingdom)

See Also

Further Reading

  • Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (2018, Springer International Publishing, Germany)

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