County Government Reform Efforts In Mississippi

Authors

  • Martin Wiseman

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2374-7781.1989.10.0.58-72

Abstract

County government reform has become the subject of great interest today in Mississippi. Recent incidents of illegalities and irregularities in the conduct of county government have brought forth calls for reform from various sectors and these reform demands have been met by equally enthusiastic opposition to any action which might alter the current relationship that rural citizens have with county officials who represent them. Opposition by county officials and a large segment of the rural electorate quickly evaporates any notion that reform will be easy. Reform efforts generally create controversy because the affected constituents believe their fundamental rights to be governed as they choose will be abridged.

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1990-01-01

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