Counties as Service Delivery Agents - Changing Expectations and Roles
22-May-2012, Tuesday
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Therefore, in addition to examining multiple indicators of service roles for all 3,043 counties in the United States have become increasingly important as service providers over the past several decades, vis-a-vis municipalities and townships. Benton has written the first scholarly treatment of county governments as providers of services they are mandated to perform by their state governments..Counties generally fulfill three service roles: traditional or state-mandated, local or municipal, and regional or urban. These services change over time and vary from