Environment, Process and Policy

A Reconsideration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3540367
AutoresJames W Clarke (autor de correspondencia)
Año1969
Volumen63
Número4
Páginas1172-1182
Fecha de publicación1969-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1955078
OpenAlexW4238319031
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas25

In recent years a growing body of research has used multivariate statistical techniques to examine the relationship between aggregate environmental characteristics and the public policies of state and local governments. This research has been concerned primarily with isolating or demonstrating the social, economic, and political correlates of either public policies (e.g., expenditures, revenues and referenda issues) or governmental structures (viz., form of government, size of election districts and type of ballot).One advantage of the aggregate approach, beyond the relative accessibility of data, is that it permits a systematic, comparative study of states or cities. On the local level this comparative approach provides a convenient supplement to the earlier case study approach which was concerned with the political processes and issues of particular cities.A number of hypotheses have been suggested by studies employing either the case study or aggregate approaches. In those observations dealing with government structure, attention is usually directed to the council-manager plan as an example of progressive government. That is, city governments which are reform-oriented are likely to be found in more affluent, better educated, homogeneous, middle-class cities. The notion is that the middle class prefers a more efficient, professional city administration. Conversely, the mayor-council plan is usually associated with older, machine-type politics which allegedly reflects the preferences of the less affluent, less-educated, working class and ethnic minorities who are most concerned about political representation

Aggregate data · Ballot · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public policy · Representation (politics · Revenue · State (computer science · Voting · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Law · Public Administration