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Reformism and Public Policies in American Cities

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  • Lineberry, Robert L.
  • Fowler, Edmund P.

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A decade ago, political scientists were deploring the “lost world of municipal government” and calling for systematic studies of municipal life which emphasized the political, rather than the administrative, side of urban political life. In recent years, this demand has been generously answered and urban politics is becoming one of the most richly plowed fields of political research. In terms originally introduced by David Easton, political scientists have long been concerned with inputs, but more recently they have focused their attention on other system variables, particularly the political culture and policy outputs of municipal governments.The present paper will treat two policy outputs, taxation and expenditure levels of cities, as dependent variables. We will relate these policy choices to socio-economic characteristics of cities and to structural characteristics of their governments. Our central research concern is to examine the impact of political structures, reformed and unreformed, on policy-making in American cities.

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  • Lineberry, Robert L. & Fowler, Edmund P., 1967. "Reformism and Public Policies in American Cities," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 61(3), pages 701-716, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:61:y:1967:i:03:p:701-716_20
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