Carr, J. B. <br/><br/>
City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives :  Reshaping the Local Government Landscape. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (292 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Political Consolidation and Progressive Reform -- 1. Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives -- 2. Consolidation as a Local Government Reform -- 3. Do Consolidation Entrepreneurs Make a Deal with the Devil? -- Part II: Political Consolidation and Its Alternatives -- 4. Issues of Scale and Transaction Costs in City-County Consolidation -- 5. Annexation as a Form of Consolidation -- 6. Interlocal Agreements as an Alternative to Consolidation -- 7. Special Districts -- 8. Revolutionary Local Constitutional Change -- Part III: The Politics of City-County Consolidation -- 9. The Politics of City-County Consolidation -- 10. Local Government Amalgamation from the Top Down -- 11. Making the Case for (and Against) City-County Consolidation -- 12. Institutional Choice, Collective Action, and Governance -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/> This volume looks at some issues confronting efforts to consolidate governments and develops a theoretical approach to understanding both the motivations for pursuing consolidation and the way the rules guiding the process shape the outcome. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781317474463 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Local government--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS408.C55 2004