Influence of Local Political Institutions on Policy Punctuation in Three Policy Areas

• Published in: Politics & policy (Statesboro, Ga.) Ga.), 2019-04, Vol.47 (2), p.300-325
• Main Authors: Kwon, Sung‐Wook, Gonzalez‐Gorman, Sylvia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Allocational; Auditoriums; Change agents; Cities; Condados; Counties; County Form of Government; County Home Rule; Development policy; Expenditure Change; Expenditures; Florida; Gastos; Gobierno del Condado; Mass media; Participation; Policy making; Political Institutions; Politics; Políticas Públicas; Public Administration; Public Policy; Punctuated Equilibrium Theory; Redistributive Policy Change; Reforms; State and Local Politics and Policy; Teoría del Equilibrio Puntuado; Towns; United States; 公共政策; 县; 县政府形式; 县自治; 支出; 间断均衡理论
• ISSN: 1555-5623; 1747-1346
• DOI: 10.1111/polp.12295

Political institutions have been considered important factors that influence local policy processes. This study investigates if different county political institutions, including the form of government and home rule charter, influence the processes among three policy arenas: allocational, development, and redistributive. We analyze the annual expenditure change in Florida counties from 1995 to 2008. Results show that both modernized and nonmodernized counties show similar levels of policy changes in allocational, developmental as well as redistributive policy arenas, while counties with modernized political institutions tend to experience a slightly higher, although minimal, level of policy change in each of the three policy arenas. Related Articles Aguado, Alexander. 2018. “Mayor‐Council Form of Government and Policy Responses in Times of Economic Travail.” Politics & Policy 46 (5): 714‐730. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12273 French, P. Edward. 2008. “Municipal Government: Does Structure Make a Difference in Small Cities and Towns.” Politics & Policy 31 (4): 694‐725. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2003.tb00168.x Modlin, Steve. 2008. “Defining Involvement of County Commissioners in the Budget Formulation Process.” Politics & Policy 36 (6): 1044‐1065. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2008.00149.x Related Media Florida Association of Counties. n.d. “FAC All about Florida.” http://www.fl-counties.com/videos-psas National Association of Counties. n.d. “National Association of Counties.” https://www.naco.org/ Las instituciones políticas han sido consideradas factores importantes que influyen en los procesos de políticas locales. Este estudio investiga si las diferentes instituciones políticas de los condados, incluida la forma de gobierno y los estatutos de las reglas del hogar, influyen en los procesos en tres ámbitos políticos: asignación, desarrollo y redistribución. Analizamos el cambio en el gasto anual en los condados de Florida de 1995 a 2008. Los resultados muestran que tanto los condados modernizados como los no modernizados muestran niveles similares de cambios en las políticas de asignación, desarrollo y arenas de políticas redistributivas, mientras que los condados con instituciones políticas modernizadas tienden a experimentar un nivel de cambio de política ligeramente más alto, aunque mínimo, en cada uno de los tres ámbitos de la política. 政治体制被认为是影响地方政策进程的重要因素。包括政府和地方自治宪章形式在内的不同县级政治制度是否影响政策分配、政策发展、政策再分配三个领域的进程？本文对此进行了考察。笔者分析了1995年至2008年佛罗