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What Influences City Council Adoption and Support for Reinventing Government? Environmental or Institutional Factors?
Author(s) -
Krebs Timothy B.,
Pelissero John P.
Publication year - 2010
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/j.1540-6210.2010.02132.x
Subject(s) - seniority , municipal council , opposition (politics) , public administration , government (linguistics) , institutional change , legislature , political science , business , law , politics , linguistics , philosophy
What influences the degree to which city councils support reinventing government (REGO)? Controlling for environmental factors that are likely to shape council policy adoption as well as the tenure of the chief administrator, the findings of this study underscore that the type of representation system is most consistently related to opposition to REGO. In addition, the economic health of the city and the tenure of the chief administrator are positively associated with council support. Overall, institutional factors affect council policy adoption more than either environmental factors or an administrator's seniority, at least in this policy area.