Rickabaugh, James
(2018)
Finding the Unique Balance: Local Government Representation on the Boards of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs).
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
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Abstract
Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) are coalitions consisting primarily of municipal and county governments who develop a broad array of regional plans and policies; they also allocate federal and state funding to projects including transportation, community development, and economic development. Decisions about these policies and allocations are made by the RIGO board. This dissertation demonstrates the variety of different governance structures in place in RIGOs across the United States and introduces methods to quantify local government representational rights on RIGO boards. While much of the literature has previously described these boards as being overwhelmingly “one member, one vote”, coding and analyzing the original governance documents shows that most RIGO collective choice arrangements balance institutional membership and population proportionality in complicated and thoughtful ways. The dissertation develops a typology of membership that reflects the various ways in which counties and municipalities can be members, including through multijurisdictional membership processes. Two formulas that reflect the institutional membership and population proportionality are introduced to quantify the extent to which each board is “one member, one vote” and “one person, one vote.” The balances agreed to by local governments often more closely resemble how international organizations agree upon representational rights than they do the US House or the US Senate. These formulas are further applied to two RIGOs to show their use comparing governance proposals and to show changes in collective choice arrangements over time.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
12 December 2018 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Defense Date: |
13 August 2018 |
| Approval Date: |
12 December 2018 |
| Submission Date: |
9 December 2018 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Number of Pages: |
167 |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs > Public and International Affairs |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Regionalism, international organizations, urban policy, federalism, political science, cooperation |
| Date Deposited: |
12 Dec 2018 16:30 |
| Last Modified: |
12 Dec 2018 16:30 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/35737 |
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