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Mapping Patterns of Support for Privatization in the Mass Public: The Case of Michigan
Author(s) -
Thompson Lyke,
Elling Richard C.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/0033-3352.00096
Subject(s) - local government , non profit , public administration , business , survey data collection , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , public support , profit (economics) , public economics , public relations , political science , economics , microeconomics , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
This article examines public attitudes about using for‐profit firms or nonprofit organizations to deliver public services in Michigan. Using survey data, it shows how the public reacts to the privatization of various state and local government services. It then considers some dimensions of attitudes toward privatization. Finally, it estimates models that predict support for privatization based upon a range of characteristics of respondents to our survey.