Local Democracy or Perfunctory Legitimation?

• In Event: Local Responses to Social Problems

Brief Overview

How do people win elections to county row (single function) offices, important but little explored in local democracy? We believe many factors are at work, testing them using a database of election outcomes for the past 50 years in Michigan counties.

Authors

• Brady Baybeck, Wayne State University

• Kevin Gerald Lorentz, University of Michigan-Flint