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- catalog abstract "Foster's study is based on quantitative analysis of government structure and finance of all types of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas. It draws on a wide range of fields: political science, public administration, economics, law, history, geography, public finance, planning and policy, and sociology. Through her study, Foster refutes common perceptions about these agencies by showing that they exhibit important differences in method of finance, function, and geographic scope; that their emergence is more related to legal factors rather than to service demands; that metropolitan areas that rely on special districts spend more for these services than metropolitan areas that rely on multi-purpose governments; and that reliance on specialized service delivery jeopardizes the ability of social welfare functions to capture scarce public resources.".
- catalog contributor b10281460.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Special Delivery -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives -- 3. Existing Evidence -- 4. A New Conceptual Framework -- 5. What Accounts for Specialized Governance? -- 6. Does Specialized Governance Cost More? -- 7. Does Specialized Governance Shape Policy Outcomes? -- 8. The Promise and Peril of Specialized Governance.".
- catalog description "Foster's study is based on quantitative analysis of government structure and finance of all types of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas. It draws on a wide range of fields: political science, public administration, economics, law, history, geography, public finance, planning and policy, and sociology.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Through her study, Foster refutes common perceptions about these agencies by showing that they exhibit important differences in method of finance, function, and geographic scope; that their emergence is more related to legal factors rather than to service demands; that metropolitan areas that rely on special districts spend more for these services than metropolitan areas that rely on multi-purpose governments; and that reliance on specialized service delivery jeopardizes the ability of social welfare functions to capture scarce public resources.".
- catalog extent "xi, 269 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Political economy of special-purpose government.".
- catalog identifier "0878406387 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Political economy of special-purpose government.".
- catalog isPartOf "American governance and public policy".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,".
- catalog relation "Political economy of special-purpose government.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "352.19/0973 21".
- catalog subject "JS426 .F67 1997".
- catalog subject "Municipal powers and services beyond corporate limits United States.".
- catalog subject "Special districts United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Special Delivery -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives -- 3. Existing Evidence -- 4. A New Conceptual Framework -- 5. What Accounts for Specialized Governance? -- 6. Does Specialized Governance Cost More? -- 7. Does Specialized Governance Shape Policy Outcomes? -- 8. The Promise and Peril of Specialized Governance.".
- catalog title "The political economy of special-purpose government / Kathryn A. Foster.".
- catalog type "text".