The Changing Responsibilities of County Governments

Data from a National Survey of County Leaders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11674372
AutoresGregory Streib (Georgia State University, autor de correspondencia), William L Waugh (0000-0001-5016-807X, Georgia State University)
Año1991
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas139-156
Fecha de publicación1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/027507409102100204
OpenAlexW2020823670
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias 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