Public Policy Center, University of Nebraska
Title
Local Budgeting and Public Participation: Contextual Predictors of State Laws Mandating Public Input
Date of this Version
2011
Abstract
This paper examines the political, economic, and institutional variables associated with the presence of state laws that mandate the use of public input in local budgeting. The results show that political and institutional variables can help explain the presence of such laws, but the relationships between variables of interest shift depending on whether laws aimed at cities or counties are the focal point and on which types of public input methods are under consideration. The implications for both theories of public participation in budgeting and intergovernmental relations are discussed within.
Comments
Published in State and Local Government Review 43:2 (2011), pp. 95-109; doi: 10.1177/0160323X11408739 Copyright © 2011 Mitchel N. Herian; published by Sage Publications; http://slgr.sagepub.com Used by permission.