Resource Scarcity and the Reform Model
The Management of Retrenchment in Cincinnati and Oakland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6364422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles H Levine, Irene S Rubin, George G Wolohojian |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 619-619 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/975737 |
| OpenAlex | W2332616417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
The pluralist model of urban politics implicitly assumes expanding resources. In pluralist systems, resource expansion builds security and optimism about the future so that interest groups can bargain over increments without fear that their established expenditure base will be threatened. Growth in resources allows political maneuvering and bargaining to take place within the bonds of civility and provides politicians with the rewards necessary to integrate new groups into the political system, thereby promoting political stability. In contrast, resource decline endangers the viability of pluralist systems.' When public officials lose the slack resources necessary to maintain bargaining among established coalitions or to satisfy the demands of new interest groups, the probability increases that the political system will slide into a period of helpless indecision marked by episodes of intense conflict. Unless there is some local solution to the dual problems of resource decline and political fragmentation the troubled jurisdiction will likely experience a period of recentralization of power in external authorities and a loss of local autonomy. The pattern in which financial problems have created political crisis has been well documented in some of the most highly publicized cases of urban fiscal crisis.2 In these extreme cases elected officials have been unable to cut back expenditures due to the unyielding demands of interest groups and the fragmenting of authority. Instead of cutting back officials have been forced to deny the severity of their cities' financial problems, engage in excessive short-term borrowing, and hide deficits while hoping for an early increase in revenues. Despite their hopes, revenues have continued to decline while deficits have increased, causing severe cash flow problems, default on bonds or notes
Business · Economics · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Political science · Resource (disambiguation · Retrenchment · Scarcity · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Public Administration · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Local government revenue forecasting methods
Local Government Management
Spending allocations during low and high fiscal stress
Cutback management literature in the 1970s and 1980s
Organizational Slack in Municipal Governments
The Impact of Cutbacks From a Major State Financial Crisis on Organizational Trust
Conflict management in declining school districts
Competing Public Values Amidst Fiscal Crisis
How is Political Influence Redistributed in Times of Fiscal Austerity
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Local Governments Initiatives in a Climate of Uncertainty
The Impact of Fiscal Crisis on Decision‐Making Processes in European Governments
Fiscal consolidation in federal Belgium
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,51 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2022 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |