University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-2016 Structure, spending, and democracy : a study of municipal governments. Neal McIntyre Turpin University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd Part of the Political Science Commons, and the Urban Studies Commons Recommended Citation Turpin, Neal McIntyre, "Structure, spending, and democracy : a study of municipal governments." (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2541. https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/2541 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The nivU ersity of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STRUCTURE, SPENDING, AND DEMOCRACY: A STUDY OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS By Neal McIntyre Turpin B.A., Transylvania University, 2009 M.P.A., University of Louisville, 2011 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Louisville in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Urban and Public Affairs Department of Urban and Public Affairs University of Louisville Louisville, KY August 2016 Copyright 2016 by Neal McIntyre Turpin All rights reserved STRUCTURE, SPENDING, AND DEMOCRACY: A STUDY OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS By Neal McIntyre Turpin B.A., Transylvania University, 2009 M.P.A., University of Louisville, 2011 A Dissertation Approved on May 10, 2016 by the following Dissertation Committee: ___________________________________ Dr.