PAD 6108: Institutions, Policy, and Governance

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1 PAD 6108: Institutions, Policy, and Governance Instructor: Rick Feiock Bellamy 665 (904) Office Hours: M 4:00-5:00 and by appointment most afternoons rfeiock coss.fsu.edu www: Course Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of how formal governance structures and institutional processes influence and constrain policy choices and administrative decisions. We examine the consequences of various institutional arrangements for substantive policy choices and governance and management decisions in government. Required Texts: Jeffery Banks and Eric Hanushek Modern Political Economy, Cambridge University Press. Nancy Burns The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions, Oxford University Press. James C. Clingermayer, and Richard C. Feiock Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance, SUNY Press. (available at Jack Knott and Gary Miller, Reforming Bureaucracy: The Politics of Institutional Choice, Prentice Hall. Gary J. Miller, Managerial Dilemmas: The Political Economy of Hierarchy, Cambridge University Press. Douglas C. North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press William H. Riker Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice, W.H. Freeman. Readings designated JSTOR are available through FSU=s online access to JSTOR Readings designated LOCALGOV are available through the Program in Local Governance www site Readings designated Feiock-www are available through my home page Readings designated BlackBoard are available through the Campus Black Board class site. Other readings will be available in Bellamy to read or copy. I reserve the right to add additional materials (and will). 1

2 Requirements: Students are required to read the assigned materials, and to participate fully in class. For each class session one or more students will be assigned to make a presentations on the assigned readings. The purpose of these presentations is not to summarize the content of the readings. Each presentation will consist of two major components. First, the presenter will critically evaluate the readings and indicate how ideas in that particular reading relate to others in the same week. Second, the presenter will raise critical questions about the readings for class discussion. Presenters who fail to follow these guidelines will be stopped by the instructor. The internet Web Board will be used to post a summary of these presentations in advance. Each presenter will post on the Campus Black Board ( discussion questions and a one page essay highlighting major arguments of his or her presentation at least 48 hours before class. Students will be given their class participation grade prior to the final. You will then have the option of substituting your participation grade for the final exam grade. If you wish to exercise that option, you must specify this before taking the final exam. A brief research design (5 pages or less) for the research paper will be due by the seventh class. 12 th. The final research paper will be due the last class meeting. This research paper will be of publishable quality and will examine the consequences of a specific institution or institutional arrangement. Students will present the results to their research. The paper should be between 20 and 30 pages and should conform to the style and form of an article submitted to the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Please meet with the instructor before the second week of classes if you need accommodation for a disability. Grading: The grade for the course will be determined as follows: Research Design 5% Research Paper 45% Final Exam 0 or 25% Presentations and Participation 25 or 50% 2

3 Course Outline and Readings 1. Introduction and Course Overview January 7 th -distribution of syllabus 2. Why Institutions Matter January 14th James Clingermayer and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance. Ch. 1 William H. Riker Liberalism Against Populism. Chapters 1-5. Elinor Ostrom, AAn Agenda For the Study of Institutions Public Choice 48: Randall L. Calvert, 1995 AThe Rational Choice Theory of Social Institutions: Cooperation, Coordination, and Communication in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. John Ferejohn ALaws Legislation, and Positive Political Theory in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. David Weimer and Adrian Vining Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice. Prentice Hall, Chapter Intergovernmental Constraints and the Federal System James C. Clingermayer, and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: n Exploration of Local Governance, SUNY Press. Chapter 6. John Chubb. "The Political Economy of Federalism," APSR, 1981 [JSTOR] Kenneth N. Bickers, Robert M. Stein. Inter-local Cooperation and the Distribution of Federal Grant Awards Feiock, Richard Transaction Cost Federalism: Hirearchical Model of State Local Relations 3

4 Barbara McCabe, Richard Feiock. "State Rules and City Money Lincoln Land Institute 2001, Scott Allard. The Nested City: Applying Principal Agent Theory to Intergovernmental Relations, MWPSA paper, Anita M. Sbragia. Debt Wish: Entrepreneurial Cities, U.S. Federalism, and Economic Development. University of Pittsburgh Press, Chs Craig Volden, Jeff Cummins, and Nathan Woods, 2000, The Political Economy of Education Spending in the American Federal System Barry R. Weingast The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market Preserving Federalism and Economic Development, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 11: Boundaries and the Organization of Jurisdictions Nancy Burns The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions, Oxford University Press. all. Jered Carr and Richard Feiock AInstitutions, Entrepreneurs and Boundary Change Urban Affairs Review, Arnold Fleischman. "The Goals and Strategies of Local Boundary Changes: Government Organization or Private Gain?" Journal of Urban Affairs, Fall, Roger Parks and Ronald Oakerson, Metropolitan Organization and Governance: A Local Public Economy Approach, Urban Affairs Quarterly 25: 18-29, Arnold Fleischman. "The Goals and Strategies of Local Boundary Changes: Government Organization or Private Gain?" Journal of Urban Affairs, Fall, Roger Parks and Ronald Oakerson, AMetropolitan Organization and Governance: A Local Public Economy Approach, Urban Affairs Quarterly 25: 18-29,

5 William Lyons, and David Lowery "The Impact of Jurisdictional Boundaries: An Individual Test of the Tiebout Model," Journal of Politics 51 [JSTOR] Robert Bish The Political Economy of Metropolitan Areas. Chicago: Markham Press. Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Michael Mintrom, and Samuel Best "Establishing The Micro Foundations of a Macro-Level Theory,"American Political Science Review. [JSTOR] David Lowrey and William Lyons, The Empirical Evidence for Citizen Information and a Local Market for Public Goods American Political Science Review. [JSTOR] Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Michael Mintrom, and Samuel Best, Response to Lowery and Lyons American Political Science Review. [JSTOR] 5 Institutions and Cooperation Ostrom Lubel Schnider and Scholz Feiock, Richard, and Susan E. Baer. The Formation and Structure of Collective Governance Organizations in Urbanized Areas, MWPSA 2003 Post Feiock, Richard and Jill Tao 6. Institutional Choice and Policy Outcomes Robert L. Lineberry and Edmund Fowler Reformism and Public Polices in American Cities, American Political Science Review 61: [JSTOR] David R. Morgan and John Pelissero "Urban Policy: Does Political Structure Matter?" American Political Science Review, [JSTOR] 5

6 Rory Austin Minority Appointments to Southern School Boards: Do Electoral Structures Make a Difference? MWPSA paper James Clingermayer and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance, ch. 2 Gary J. Miller "Progressive Reform as Induced Institutional Preference" Public Choice. Steven Maser "Demographic Factors Affecting Constitutional Decisions: The Case of Municipal Charters," Public Choice, 47. Steven Maser AConstitutions as Relational Contracts Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 8: Institutions and Economic Outcomes Douglas C. North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance, Cambridge University Press. all. William Riker and David Weimer The Political Economy of Transformation: Liberalization and Property Rights, in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. Alberto Alesina Elections, Party Structure, and the Economy, in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. Jered, Carr, Richard Feiock, and Sang-Seok Bae Does Governmental Consolidation Change Economic Fortunes? Evidence from Twelve Communities Rick Feiock, ASocial Capital and Economic Development [FeiockWWW?] William Fischell Municipal Corporations, Homeowners, and the Benefit View of the Property Tax, [LOCALGOV] 8. Institutions for Representation and Distributive Politics 6

7 William H. Riker Liberalism Against Populism. Chapters James Clingermayer and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance, ch. 3 Barry Weingast, Ken Shepsle and C. Johansen. The Political Economy of Benefits and Costs: A Neoclassical Approach to Distributive Politics, Journal of Political Economy 96, [JSTOR] Richard Feiock and Hyung-Jun Park Economic Development and the Rule of N/1: Constituency Diversity and Development Policy Choice, in progress. Kenneth Shepsle and Barry Weingast. The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power, American Political Science Review 81: , [JSTOR] James Clingermayer and Richard Feiock, Distribution and Redistribution in Economic Development, Journal of Politics 57: , [JSTOR] Arthur Denzau and Michael Munger "Legislators and Interest Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented," American Political Science Review, March. [JSTOR] Gary Cox and Timothy Tutt "Universalism and Allocative Decisionmaking in the LosAngeles County Board of Supervisors," Journal of Politics 46. [JSTOR] 8. Administrative Reform and Organizational Performance October 19 th Jack Knott and Gary Miller. Reforming Bureaucracy: The Politics of Institutional Choice, 1987, all Miller Feiock, Richard, Matthew Kridler, and Hiba Khdor, Manger Government Undercut Progressive Reform? Do New Forms of Council Terry Moe, Politics and the Theory of Organization, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 7: ,

8 David Lowery And Now for Something Completely Different: Public Choice and Redistribution in the Metropolis [LOCALGOV] Richard Chackarian. Reorganization of State Governments Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 6: 25-47, Carr, and Feiock Metropolitan Government and Economic Development, with Jered Carr, Urban Affairs Review 35 (January): , [FeiockWWW] Linda Johnson and Richard Feiock, Qualitative Comparative Analysis: An Application to City/County Consolidation [FeiockWWW?] Paul Milgrom and John Roberts, "Bargaining Costs, Influence Costs, and the Organization of Economic Activity," in Alt and Shepsle, Positive Political Economy, pp Administrative Reform and Public Policy October 26 th Scott Abernathy, 2000, AExit Voice, and Choice Accountability, Participation, and Educational Reform in the U.S. Scott E. Robinson. "Testing the Tides: A Quantitative Assesment of the TIDES OF REFORM." APSA paper, [ Robert Lowery, 2000, Testing the Effect of Governmental Structure and Process in a Complex Setting: Evidence for Public Universities MWPSA paper B.Dan Wood, 2000, Equity, Efficiency, and Politics in State Educational Finance MWPSA paper Scott Robinson, 2000, Shuffling Stacked Decks: A System Model of Federal Administrative Reform MWPA 2000 paper. 10. Implications of Leadership Turnover and Uncertainty November 2 nd (or 1st) Wolman, Harold, John Straite and Alan Melinchior ADoes Changing Mayors Matter? Journal of Politics. [JSTOR] 8

9 James Clingermayer and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance, ch. 5 Edward Gramlich, The Politics and Economics of the Budget Deficit, in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. Feiock, Richard and Christopher Stream Institutions and Careers: The Implications of Local Institutions for City Manager Tenure and Turnover Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. [FeiockWWW] DeHoog, Ruth and Gordon Whitaker, Political Conflict or Professional Advancement: Alternative Explanations of City Manager Turnover," Journal of Urban Affairs, Hierarchy, Institutions, and Organization November 16 th Gary J. Miller, Managerial Dilemmas: The Political Economy of Hierarchy, all. Howard Frant High-Powered and Low-Powered Incentives in the Public Sector Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 6: David Sappington AIncentives in Principal Agent Relationships, Journal of Economic Perspectives 5: [JSTOR] Terry Moe The New Economics of Organization, American Journal of Political Science. Jan-Erik Lane Institutions and Efficiency in the Public Sector, in Jan-Erik Lane, The Public Sector: Concepts, Models, and Approaches. 12. Public vs. Private Provision/Production November 30 th Richard Feiock, "Service Contracting and Alternative Service Delivery: Theory and 9

10 Practice" in Kuotsai Tom Liou (ed.) Hand Book of Public Management Practice and Reform. [FeiockWWW] David Lowery Public Choice, Consumer Sovereignty, and Quasi-Market Failure: Toward A Neo-Progressive Theory of Urban Institutions, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 7. James C. Clingermayer and Richard C. Feiock. Institutional Constraints and Local Policy Choices: An Exploration of Local Governance, ch. 4. Robert Stein "Arranging City Services, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 3: Frank Thompson Matching Responsibilities and Tactics: Administrative Controls and Modern Government, Public Administration Review 53: James Ferris and Elizabeth Graddy Organizational Choices for Public Service Supply, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 10: Pablo T. Spiller ARegulatory Commitment and Utilities= Privatization in Banks and Hanushek, Modern Political Economy. James Ferris and Elizabeth Grady, "Contracting Out: For What? With Whom?" Public Administration Review. Richard Feiock and James Clingermayer. "Contracting and Sector Choice for the Delivery of Local Health and Human Service: A Transaction Cost Approach" [FeiockWWW] 13. Institutions, Theory, and Empirical Research December 7 th Elinor Ostrom AContext and Collective Action: Four Building Blocks for an Interactive Family of Explanatory Theories, [LOCALGOV] -presentation of student papers 14. Final Exam 10