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City Orientations and Privatization
Author(s) -
Greene Jeffrey D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1997.tb00843.x
Subject(s) - expansionism , politics , affect (linguistics) , economic system , political science , economic geography , economics , regional science , business , geography , sociology , communication , law
What types of cities use privatization? Could the same city‐level orientations that affect local economic development also influence a city's propensity to use privatization? This paper finds broader application for a model developed in the local economic development literature by Bowman and Pagano. This model is useful because it classifies cities based on two factors that are important in the decision to privatize services: fiscal stress and politics. These two factors produce four city‐level orientations: sur‐vivalist, market, expansionist, and maintenance . This inquiry compares the amount of privatization used by the cities included in the Bowman and Pagano study. The findings suggest that privatization levels vary significantly among the four city‐level orientations.