Determinants of Charter County Decisions: An Event History Analysis of Florida Counties

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: McDonald, Bruce D., III; Gabrini, Carl J.
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; Indiana University South Bend; University System of Georgia; College of Coastal Georgia
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mut083
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 721-739
• 关键词: policy instrument choices; growth management; GOVERNMENT; state; form; ORGANIZATION; service; REFORM

摘要

The establishment of a county charter, or home-rule provision, is intended to remove the resolution of local problems from the state legislature's busy agenda and give the county greater control over its regional affairs. Although the literature has paid significant attention to the institutional determinants of local city structure and reform, little is understood about how and why a county would reform its governing system. For example, not all counties able to adopt a charter do so, nor are all adoption attempts successful. Using an event history analysis approach and data of Florida counties from 1973 through 2008, we draw on the theory of constitutional contracts to determine the demographic, economic, and political determinants of charter adoption.