William J. Pammer

Managing Fiscal Strain in Major American Cities

Understanding Retrenchment in the Public Sector

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Produktbeschreibung

This study offers frank evaluations and a pro-and-con analysis of various retrenchment strategies. It focuses specifically on how environmental conditions and administrative and political aspects of cities affect the decisions to implement specific retrenchment strategies during periods of revenue decline or stagnation. The book takes the reader beyond the rationalistic and incremental approach of urban decision-making and demonstrates that decisions requiring fiscal retrenchment can be confusing and ill-planned. It also reveals how any action taken by the city will reflect the chief executive officer's perception of what the situation demands. The first part of the book, The Evolution of Financial Decline, discusses the structural antecedents that have contributed to the decline of financial sources. Here, the major literature that investigates the causes and consequences of urban fiscal strain is reviewed. In Part Two, Reacting Toward Fiscal Stress, the chapters deal specifically with different management techniques available to municipalities to cope with resource decline. The strategic advantages and political ramifications of these approaches are discussed in detail. These chapters also provide an inventory of response techniques for urban managers. Part Three, Retrenchment and the Urban Policy Process, builds upon the garbage can model developed by March and Simon by proposing that the retrenchment process is haphazard and random. The book concludes with some considerations of what happens to the urban policy process during periods of resource scarcity. This book should appeal to anyone interested in public administration, urban studies or political science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780313266560
• ISBN-10: 0313266565
• Artikelnr.: 25565464

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM J. PAMMER, JR., is Assistant Director in the Center for Urban and Public Affairs and an Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs at Wright State University. He is the co-author of Ambush Related Assaults on Police: Violence at the Street Level.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction The Evolution of Financial Decline The Causes and
Consequences of Urban Fiscal Stress Reacting To Fiscal Stress Responding to
Fiscal Stress: The Use of Revenue Strategies in Local Government
Productivity Improvement and Alternative Service Delivery Cutting
Strategies and Patterns of Response Retrenchment and the Urban Policy
Process Toward an Explanation of How Cities Manage Financial Strain
Research Procedures and Data Sources Identifying Patterns of Retrenchment
Policies in Local Government Explaining the Use of Financial Management
Strategies: Is the Implementation of Retrenchment Policies Structured or
Unstructured? The Policy Ramifications of Fiscal Retrenchment Summary and
Conclusion Appendix A: Cities Used in the Analysis Listed by Region
Appendix B: Retrenchment Strategies Employed by Individual Cities Used in
the Multivariate Analysis Bibliography Index