Counties as Service Delivery Agents: Changing Expectations and Roles

by J. Edwin Benton

Book Overview

Counties generally fulfill three service roles: traditional or state-mandated; local or municipal; and regional or urban. Benton has written the first scholarly treatment of county governments as providers of all three of these types of services, dispelling the notion that counties are mere providers of services they are mandated to perform by their state governments. County governments in the United States have become increasingly important as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275976548
• ISBN13: 9780275976545
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 10.0"