03195nam 2200601Ia 450 991046021690332120200520144314.01-58901-622-X(CKB)2670000000040057(EBL)547780(OCoLC)654443583(SSID)ssj0000414117(PQKBManifestationID)11313103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414117(PQKBWorkID)10385130(PQKB)10407054(MiAaPQ)EBC547780(MdBmJHUP)muse3295(Au-PeEL)EBL547780(CaPaEBR)ebr10399508(EXLCZ)99267000000004005720090828d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCity-county consolidation[electronic resource] promises made, promises kept? /Suzanne M. Leland and Kurt Thurmaier, editorsWashington D.C. Georgetown University Press20101 online resource (334 p.)American governance and public policy seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-628-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.City-County Consolidation; Chapter 1: A Research Design for Evaluating Consolidation Performance; Chapter 2: An Assessment of the City-County Consolidation of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee; Chapter 3: Does Consolidation Make a Difference?; Chapter 4: What Difference Does City-County Consolidation Make?; Chapter 5: City-County Consolidation; Chapter 6: "The Urge to Merge"; Chapter 7: From Company Town to Consolidated Government; Chapter 8: The Case of Lynchburg and Moore County, Tennessee, Consolidation; Chapter 9: Unification Promises and OutcomesChapter 10: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Service Delivery in Local GovernmentChapter 11: Promises Made, Promises Kept; Contributors; IndexAlthough a frequently discussed reform, campaigns to merge a major municipality and county to form a unified government fail to win voter approval eighty per cent of the time. One cause for the low success rate may be that little systematic analysis of consolidated governments has been done. In CityûCounty Consolidation, Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier compare nine cityûcounty consolidationsùincorporating data from 10 years before and after each consolidationùto similar cities and counties that did not consolidate. Their groundbreaking study offers valuable insight into whether consolidationAmerican governance and public policy.Metropolitan governmentUnited StatesLocal governmentUnited StatesElectronic books.Metropolitan governmentLocal government320.8/590973Leland Suzanne M.1971-974721Thurmaier Kurt M.1957-974722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460216903321City-county consolidation2219554UNINA01186nam0 22003011i 450 UON0014017120231205102838.4248-05-30504-520020107d1987 |0itac50 baengJP||||p |||||Kaisha, The Japanese corporationJames C. Abegglen, George Stalk JrTokyo, JapanCharles E. Tuttle Company1987X, 309 p.18 cmEconomiaGiapponeSec. 20.UONC002760FIIndustriaGiapponeUONC004747FIJPTōkyōUONL000031GIA XIIGIAPPONE - ECONOMIAAABEGGLENJames C.UONV007638111651STALKGeorgeJr.UONV085046250247TuttleUONV246581650ITSOL20260123RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO E ARCHIVIO STORICOUONSIUON00140171SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEO E ARCHIVIO STORICOSI GIA XII 240 N SI SA 99523 5 240 N Kaisha, The Japanese corporation1278838UNIOR