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vii ! Contents " Contents Preface.............................................................................................. ix Acknowledgments .............................................................................. xi 1 A Research Design for Evaluating Consolidation Performance .......1 Suzanne M. Leland and Kurt Thurmaier 2 An Assessment of the City–County Consolidation of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee .............................................25 Anthony J. Nownes, David J. Houston, and Marc Schwerdt 3 Does Consolidation Make a Difference?....................................57 A Comparative Analysis of Richmond and Virginia Beach, Virginia Nicholas J. Swartz 4 What Difference Does City–County Consolidation Make? ............83 A Historical Analysis of Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida Milan J. Dluhy 5 City–County Consolidation......................................................105 A Case Study of Carson City, Nevada Anna Lukemeyer 6 “The Urge to Merge”..............................................................135 The Consolidation of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky Shawn Gillen 7 From Company Town to Consolidated Government ...................161 The Western-Style Consolidation of Butte and Silver Bow County, Montana Susan Keim and Justin Marlowe 8 The Case of Lynchburg and Moore County, Tennessee, Consolidation......................................................179 Deborah A. Carroll, Kristin A. Wagers, and Mary Ellen Wiggins 9 Unification Promises and Outcomes........................................215 The Case of Athens and Clarke County, Georgia Dan Durning and Paula Sanford viii Contents 10 Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Service Delivery in Local Government..............................................................245 The Case of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas Suzanne M. Leland and Curtis Wood 11 Promises Made, Promises Kept..............................................271 Kurt Thurmaier and Suzanne M. Leland Contributors....................................................................................311 Index..............................................................................................315 ...

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