Regime Change and the Policy Agenda: Effects of Development and Reform on Austin City Council, 1900-2020

• In Event: Policymaking by Subnational Governments

Brief Overview

Does changing the electoral system of a local government affect its larger political system? As evidenced by the Austin, TX city council, I find reforms disparate impacts on the local political regime, and in the policy agenda of city council.

Author

• Brooke Nicole Shannon, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus