Politics and Expenditure Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James E Alt, James Alt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 83-92 |
| Publication date | 1977-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557378782842722 |
| OpenAlex | W1524904681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The quantitative study of local government expenditure has seen to a great extent British political scientists (as has been so often the case in urban politics) responding to an American lead. What were tested in this country were the Easton-based models of Dawson and Robinson, Dye, Sharkansky, and others, which postulated a very simple (three-variable) system. The three variables were expenditure, socio-economic context and political control, and the question raised was of the relative impact of the last two on the first. While the American studies suggested the primacy of socio-economic context, the British studies appeared to suggest that more importance should be attached to political control. However, this view of the importance of party control is disputed in a number of studies, leaving the question of the relationship of political variables to local expenditures rather a vexed one. The American studies originated with Key’s argument that welfare policies were better provided in those areas of the American South which had competitive party systems
Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Economic Theory and Policy · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
Modelling local authority expenditures in England and Wales
Geography, Political Control and Local Government Policy Outputs
Theory, Methodology and Results in Political Science – The Case of Output Studies
Welsh local authority employment since 1979
Adjusting to fiscal stress
The Financial Health of Local Authorities in England and Wales
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1991 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |