Assessing the impact Of city manager ideology On local expenditures
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management
ISSN: 1096-3367
Article publication date: 1 March 2016
Abstract
This research explores the role of political ideology in local policy formation by assessing the impact of the city manager's ideology on local expenditures. While previous studies have identified nuanced and overlapping roles between administration and politics, here we extend those investigations by positing that ideology may influence a manager's role in the policy formation of the budget. Although some conceptualizations of city managers assume them to be largely apolitical in a partisan sense, we find a significant effect of ideology on local expenditures among city managers. This adds to the literature that suggests that city managers may not merely passively implement policies created by elected officials; rather city managers may influence policy in multifaceted ways, thereby driving a need to further investigate individual influences upon policy formation.
Citation
Blanchard Bush, C., Key, E.M. and Eskridge, R.D. (2016), "Assessing the impact Of city manager ideology On local expenditures", Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 196-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-28-02-2016-B003
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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