%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of Wisconsin¡¯s Act 10 on municipal management in smaller municipalities: Views from local elected officials
%A Douglas M Ihrke
%A Michael R Ford
%J Public Policy and Administration
%@ 1749-4192
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0952076716683763
%X 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
%K Collective bargaining
%K public administration
%K public management
%K public sector reform
%K Wisconsin's Act 10
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0952076716683763