Governing the tap : special district governance and the new local politics of water / Megan Mullin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullin, Megan, 1973-

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy.

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water utilities--United States.

Water utilities.

Water districts--United States.

Water districts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Megan Mullin offers analysis of the political consequences of special district governance in drinking water management & offers new insights to the influence of political structures on local policymaking.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Series Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 A Conditional Theory of Specialized Governance

3 Private Costs and Public Benefits in Local Public Services

4 Distributing the Price of Growth

5 Boundaries and the Incentive to Act Alone

6 Fighting over Land and Water

7 Specialization and Fragmentation in American Local Governance

Appendix 1 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 3

Appendix 2 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 4

Appendix 3 Explanation of Data and Model, Chapter 5

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-25839-0

1-282-69467-7

9786612694677

0-262-25908-7

OCLC:

460184060