Journal
POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 700-726Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12275
Keywords
political markets; punctuated equilibrium theory; land use; local government management; fragmentation
Categories
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea Grant from the Korean Government [NRF-2017S1A3A2065838]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Despite the portrayal of bureaucratic organizations as resistant to change, public managers have some ability to strategically move land-use processes out of incrementalism, even when bureaucratic lethargy acts as a drag. This article examines managerial influence in land-use policy by synthesizing theories of political markets and punctuated equilibrium. An information-processing logic is developed to explain why local government managers shift from inward to outward land-use management strategies in periods of environmental change. Managerial friction is defined as a strategic managerial adjustment producing punctuated land-use policy change in the face of environmental changing conditions. Hypotheses are tested using data on Florida local government comprehensive plan amendments and a Bayesian methodological approach. The evidence suggests managerial friction can be distinguished from the effects of environmental and political complexity as well as other forms of institutional friction, including management turnover, legislative institutions, and bureaucratic structure.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available