My coauthor, Deborah Carroll, and I recently had the pleasure of writing a blog post for the London School of Economic’s US Centre Blog. It covers a our recent publication in *Public Administration Review* on whether special districts are complements or substitutes for spcial districts. See below for the full text of the post as well as a link to the original.
My coauthor, Megan Hatch, and I recently had the pleasure of writing a blog post for the London School of Economic’s US Centre Blog. It covers a our recent publication in *Urban Studies* on the factors associated with the preemption of local affordable housing laws. See below for the full text of the post as well as a link to the original.
Overlapping local governments in DuPage County, IL
Local governments in United States generally overlap other local governments. It is so common that many people do not give it a second thought; however, such a situation presents an interesting data visualization problem. How do you demonstrate the complexity of local government borders--both horizontally (where do neighboring cities intersect?) and vertically (which governments overlap a particular city or parcel)? I demonstrate one method using DuPage County, IL as an example.
Working papers
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Christopher B. Goodman and Suzanne M. Leland. “What Lies Beneath These Creatures of the State: Understanding the Death of Specialised Governments in the U.S”
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Christopher B. Goodman. “Patterns in Special District Creation and Dissolution”
Current courses
Public Revenue Analysis & Financial Management
Local Government Administration
- Spring 2024
Local & Metropolitan Government
- Spring 2024 (asynchronous online)