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100			_aLeland, Suzanne
245			_aWhen efficiency is unbelievable: normative lessons from 30 years of city-county consolidations
260			_c2005
300			_ap.475-89.
362			_aJul-Aug
520			_aWe use a new model of city-county consolidation to analyze 12 local government consolidation attempts during the last three decades. Using a rigorously designed comparative case study, we identify the critical variables that explain why some consolidations succeed and others fail. arguments for consolidation typically fail when they focus on the increased equity to be gained from the redistribution of revenues from the suburbs to central cities. Traditional arguments that are based on increased efficiency are also unsuccessful. Instead, the essential element of a successful consolidation is a group of civic elites who define the economic development vision for the community, determine that the existing political structure is incapable of supporting and implementing that vision, and convince the voters that city-county consolidation is the key to economic development that will benefit the whole community, not just the elites. - Reproduced.
650			_aLocal government
700			_aThurmaier, Kurt
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a66753
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