Are US Cities Losing Power and Authority? Perceptions of Local Government Actors Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Have the power and discretionary authority enjoyed by U.S. local governments changed over the past decade? The answer to the question is sought not through creating a metric that gauges the legal or structural power possessed by cities and counties but rather by surveying well-placed actors who are in a position to know. Their assessments, for the most part, suggest that local jurisdictions, especially cities, have experienced an erosion of authority at the hands of their state governments.

published proceedings

  • URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW

altmetric score

  • 1.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Bowman, A. O., & Kearney, R. C.

citation count

  • 29

complete list of authors

  • Bowman, Ann O'M||Kearney, Richard C

publication date

  • July 2012