The impact of Wisconsin’s Act 10 on municipal management in smaller municipalities: Views from local elected officials

This article examines elected officials’ opinions on Wisconsin’s controversial 2011 collective bargaining reform. Survey results from elected officials serving on city councils and village boards with less than 10,000 residents demonstrate that Act 10 is still viewed through a partisan lens, making...

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Published inPublic policy and administration Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 170 - 189
Main Authors Ford, Michael R, Ihrke, Douglas M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2018
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Collective bargaining
Councils
Governance
Law
Local government
Partisanship
Policy making
Public administration
Public officials
Reforms
Residents
United States > US
Wisconsin
public management
Collective bargaining
public sector reform
public administration
Wisconsin's Act 10
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Summary:This article examines elected officials’ opinions on Wisconsin’s controversial 2011 collective bargaining reform. Survey results from elected officials serving on city councils and village boards with less than 10,000 residents demonstrate that Act 10 is still viewed through a partisan lens, making its overall impact on municipal governance unsettled. We also find that officials who first came to office prior to Act 10 generally think the law has had a positive fiscal impact. Overall, the authors conclude that Act 10 cannot yet be viewed as a successful governance reform because it is still viewed by local policymakers through a narrow fiscal and partisan lens.
ISSN:0952-0767
1749-4192
DOI:10.1177/0952076716683763