Effects of Political Institutions on Punctuated-Equilibrium in Local Emergency Management Policy Processes: Examination of County Governments in Florida, US
- Authors
- Kwon, Sung-Wook; Choi, Sang Ok; Bae, Sang-Seok
- Issue Date
- 4월-2013
- Publisher
- INST LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT MARIBOR
- Keywords
- political institution; form of government; home rule charter; policy process; punctuated-equilibrium; local emergency management policy
- Citation
- LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT, v.11, no.2, pp.193 - 211
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 193
- End Page
- 211
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/103546
- DOI
- 10.4335/245
- ISSN
- 1581-5374
- Abstract
- This paper extends punctuated-equilibrium theory to the local level by investigating how local political institutions influence local emergency management policy processes in county governments in Florida, U.S. The results show that county governments with a reformed form of government and home rule charter prioritize emergency situations more quickly in the policy process resulting in larger-scale budget changes than counties that have a traditional commission form and no home rule authority. Higher level of punctuation in counties with reformed political institutions is explained by political and administrative incentives of county mayors and managers, as well as political and fiscal discretion from state government.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - College of Political Science & Economics > Department of Public Administration > 1. Journal Articles
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.