제목: City County Consolidation Efforts:  Selective Incentives and Institutional Choice

저자: Richard C. Feiock, 박형준, 강인성

There have been increased calls for governmental consolidation as a solution to the problems confronting urban areas. In the U.S., city-county consolidation issues have returned to a prominent place on agenda in many communities. If efforts to consolidate were typically successful or the performance of consolidated regional governments was consistently strong, this resurgence of interest in consolidation would not be an unexpected. What makes renewed interest in consolidation difficult to explain is that consolidation efforts are costly and contentious and the attempts meet failure about three-fourths of the time. In addition, the collective benefits promised for consolidation have not always been evident. This paper has offers an explanation for these phenomena based on the selective political incentives and strategic choices of reform entrepreneurs. 

※ Keywords: City County Consolidation, Selective and Collective Incentives,Institutional Choice