The responsiveness of black Fulton county commissioners to black concerns in Fulton county, 1989

Agoruah, Felix O.

1989-05-01

1980-1989

Blacks have held three of the seven positions on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners since 1979. In 1986, that number was increased to five. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not black residents of Fulton County feel that the black commissioners are more responsive to their needs than the white commis-sioners who were a majority before 1986. The significance of this study is that it will add to the existing literature on the responsiveness of black elected officials in the U.S. as a whole and the south in particular. The study will add to the ongoing debate about the role of black elected officials in the deliverability of services to their black constituents. The five black County Commissioners were inter-viewed to see how responsive they feel they have been to black citizens. A total of 100 black residents of the southern part of the county were surveyed to determine their perceptions of service delivery since blacks gained a majority on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. The major finding of this study was that 94 percent of the respondents surveyed felt that the black commissioners are more responsive to their needs. The main sources of information for this study were obtained from interviews, books, journals, newspapers and magazines.

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Degree Paper

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Atlanta University

Department of Public Administration

Lowe, Isaac

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

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