We conduct a national survey of US local governments and find service outcomes–quality,
cost savings and efficiency–are the primary drivers of re-municipalization, not political …

At the local government level in the US, the process of privatisation has been a dynamic one
of experimentation with market delivery and return to public delivery when privatisation fails …

As US society ages, pressures on local government planning and service delivery increase.
We conducted a national survey of 1474 US local governments in 2013 to measure the …

The vast majority of the roughly half-million elected officials in the US occupy local offices,
however, research examining how they get elected to remains scant. The present study …

The Lithuanian parliament in 2015 amended the electoral system of local elections by
introducing direct election of mayors. The reform was intended to increase the accountability …

Many college students are motivated to vote in presidential elections. Like most Americans,
however, they are far less likely to vote in elections for local officeholders. Often this is …

Статья посвящена анализу доверия как индикатора проблем взаимодействия органов
исполнительной власти и общества в современных государствах. Основанное на …