The Changing Responsibilities of County Governments

Data from a National Survey of County Leaders

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11674372
AutoresGregory Streib (Georgia State University, autor correspondente), William L Waugh (0000-0001-5016-807X, Georgia State University)
Ano1991
Volume21
Fascículo2
Páginas139-156
Data de publicação1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/027507409102100204
OpenAlexW2020823670
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas7

}This article reports findings from a national survey of county administrators, executives, and commission chairs from counties with an executive or an administrator that indicate counties are battling to meet rising administrative and policy demands with inadequate authority. An examination of 23 different policy areas revealed that modern counties confront some of our society's most vexing problems, most of which are primarily of an urban character. A multivariate analysis indicated that population changes associated with increased urbanization influenced respondent attitudes concerning some policy issues. Also, the South was identified as the region where county government is under the greatest stress. It is suggested that researchers should approach the use of county demographic data with caution

Administration (probate law · Census · Commission · County government · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political science · Population · Respondent · Sociology · Survey data collection · Urbanization · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Law · Public Administration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies