Sheilah S Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheilah S Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheilah S |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mayors of American Cities
Using data from a 1987 nationwide survey of U.S. cities of 25,000 population and above, this research analyzes the formal authority and the informal powers associated with the office of mayor. We divide cities by mayor-council or council-manager form. The findings confirm that elected chief executives in mayoral cities possess considerably more formal authority than their counterparts in manager communities, yet informal mayoral powers are quite …
The Effects of Mayoral Power on Urban Fiscal Policy
Can mayors of American cities overcome the enormous constraints of environmental forces to exert some control over municipal spending priorities? Despite case study evidence suggesting that mayors can and do influence public policy making, the expectation of this research was that mayoral power in a comparative research design likely would not have a pronounced effect on city spending. Using multiple regression techniques and various socioeconomi…
Using Public‐Private Partnerships to Develop Local Economies
Throughout the 1980s, states experimented with enterprise zone programs aimed at alleviating fiscal distress in urban areas, by promoting the growth of private business. Together, public and private sectors supposedly function as partners to improve employment opportunities, especially for disadvantaged residents in designated zone areas. Today, however, questions continue to be raised regarding the impact of enterprise zone programs on financial…
Community Characteristics and Redistribution Efforts
Decentralization of the CDBG Small Cities program caused a shift in spending priorities among grant recipients. This paper attempts to identify the variables influencing urban policy choices with respect to the CDBG Small Cities program in Oklahoma. Findings suggest that redistributive effort is heightened by greater citizen awareness of the program and low income participation. However, in the majority of grant communities, residents are not ext…
Decentralizing Community Development Decisions
Decentralization of the CDBG Small Cities program in 1981 gave states great latitude in deciding how to allocate grant funds. Consequently, scholars expressed concern that, understate control, fewer CDBG funds would be expended for low- and moderate-income benefits via housing rehabilitation. Research on the Small Cities program in Oklahoma indicates a definite shift in spending priorities. Since 1982, Oklahoma localities diverted CDBG funds prim…
Policy Leadership in Council-Manager Cities
Political Culture, Political System Characteristics, and Public Policies Among the American States
Daniel Elazar's typology of political culture is updated for all states for 1980 using religious affiliation data. On average, the political culture indices do not vary much from simitar measures constructed for 1906–1936. The effects of political culture on state politics and policy are tested in two ways: (1) by calculating partial correlation coefficients for ten dependent variables holding four environmental variables constant (affluence, ind…
The Effects of Mayoral Power on Urban Fiscal Policy
Can mayors of American cities overcome the enormous constraints of environmental forces to exert some control over municipal spending priorities? Despite case study evidence suggesting that mayors can and do influence public policy making, the expectation of this research was that mayoral power in a comparative research design likely would not have a pronounced effect on city spending. Using multiple regression techniques and various socioeconomi…
Political Culture, Political System Characteristics, and Public Policies Among the American States
Daniel Elazar's typology of political culture is updated for all states for 1980 using religious affiliation data. On average, the political culture indices do not vary much from simitar measures constructed for 1906–1936. The effects of political culture on state politics and policy are tested in two ways: (1) by calculating partial correlation coefficients for ten dependent variables holding four environmental variables constant (affluence, ind…
Using Public‐Private Partnerships to Develop Local Economies
Throughout the 1980s, states experimented with enterprise zone programs aimed at alleviating fiscal distress in urban areas, by promoting the growth of private business. Together, public and private sectors supposedly function as partners to improve employment opportunities, especially for disadvantaged residents in designated zone areas. Today, however, questions continue to be raised regarding the impact of enterprise zone programs on financial…
Mayors of American Cities
Using data from a 1987 nationwide survey of U.S. cities of 25,000 population and above, this research analyzes the formal authority and the informal powers associated with the office of mayor. We divide cities by mayor-council or council-manager form. The findings confirm that elected chief executives in mayoral cities possess considerably more formal authority than their counterparts in manager communities, yet informal mayoral powers are quite …
Community Characteristics and Redistribution Efforts
Decentralization of the CDBG Small Cities program caused a shift in spending priorities among grant recipients. This paper attempts to identify the variables influencing urban policy choices with respect to the CDBG Small Cities program in Oklahoma. Findings suggest that redistributive effort is heightened by greater citizen awareness of the program and low income participation. However, in the majority of grant communities, residents are not ext…
Political Culture, Political System Characteristics, and Public Policies Among the American States
Daniel Elazar's typology of political culture is updated for all states for 1980 using religious affiliation data. On average, the political culture indices do not vary much from simitar measures constructed for 1906–1936. The effects of political culture on state politics and policy are tested in two ways: (1) by calculating partial correlation coefficients for ten dependent variables holding four environmental variables constant (affluence, ind…
Decentralizing Community Development Decisions
Decentralization of the CDBG Small Cities program in 1981 gave states great latitude in deciding how to allocate grant funds. Consequently, scholars expressed concern that, understate control, fewer CDBG funds would be expended for low- and moderate-income benefits via housing rehabilitation. Research on the Small Cities program in Oklahoma indicates a definite shift in spending priorities. Since 1982, Oklahoma localities diverted CDBG funds prim…
Policy Leadership in Council-Manager Cities
Community Characteristics and Redistribution Efforts
Decentralization of the CDBG Small Cities program caused a shift in spending priorities among grant recipients. This paper attempts to identify the variables influencing urban policy choices with respect to the CDBG Small Cities program in Oklahoma. Findings suggest that redistributive effort is heightened by greater citizen awareness of the program and low income participation. However, in the majority of grant communities, residents are not ext…
The Effects of Mayoral Power on Urban Fiscal Policy
Can mayors of American cities overcome the enormous constraints of environmental forces to exert some control over municipal spending priorities? Despite case study evidence suggesting that mayors can and do influence public policy making, the expectation of this research was that mayoral power in a comparative research design likely would not have a pronounced effect on city spending. Using multiple regression techniques and various socioeconomi…
Using Public‐Private Partnerships to Develop Local Economies
Throughout the 1980s, states experimented with enterprise zone programs aimed at alleviating fiscal distress in urban areas, by promoting the growth of private business. Together, public and private sectors supposedly function as partners to improve employment opportunities, especially for disadvantaged residents in designated zone areas. Today, however, questions continue to be raised regarding the impact of enterprise zone programs on financial…
Mayors of American Cities
Using data from a 1987 nationwide survey of U.S. cities of 25,000 population and above, this research analyzes the formal authority and the informal powers associated with the office of mayor. We divide cities by mayor-council or council-manager form. The findings confirm that elected chief executives in mayoral cities possess considerably more formal authority than their counterparts in manager communities, yet informal mayoral powers are quite …
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)