Jered Carr

{{Short description|Political scientist}}

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| birth_place = Florida

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| citizenship = United States

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| fields = Public policy
Political science
Public Administration

| workplaces = Florida State Legislature
Wayne State University
College of Charleston
University of Missouri-Kansas City

| alma_mater = Florida State University
Florida Atlantic University

| thesis_title = The Political Economy of Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors, and Collection Action

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| thesis_year = 2001

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| known_for = Local government in the United States

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| awards = Leonard D. White Award

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Jered Byron Carr is a political scientist, professor of urban policy and a former Policy analyst for the Florida State Legislature in the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.

He was formerly the Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs and Professor of Henry W. Bloch School of Management at University of Missouri-Kansas City and was a former researcher at Center for International Public Management. Presently, he is Co-Editor and Managing Editor of the Urban Affairs Review and Head of the Department in Public Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago.[http://cuppa-pa.uic.edu/the-department/faculty/dr-carr/ Faculty bio]{{cite news

| date = July 29, 2014

| title = Jered B. Carr, Department of Public Administration head, University of Illinois at Chicago

| url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/chi-jered-b-carr-department-of-public-administration-head-university-of-illinois-at-chicago-20140729-story.html

| newspaper = Chicago Tribune

| location = Chicago, Illinois

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Background

Carr earned his Ph.D. degree in public administration from the Askew School at Florida State University where his dissertation, The Political Economy of Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors, and Collection Action, received the 2001 Leonard D. White Award from the American Political Science Association. Previously, he earned an M.A. in economics and B.A. in finance from Florida Atlantic University. Carr taught at Wayne State University and the College of Charleston.[http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-directory/jered-b-carr/index.aspx Faculty Profile of Jered Carr] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120720024358/http://www.bloch.umkc.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-directory/jered-b-carr/index.aspx |date=2012-07-20 }} at University of Missouri-Kansas City. Accessed 2-29-2011

Editor

Carr is co-editor of [https://books.google.com/books/about/City_county_consolidation_and_its_altern.html?id=ltw9BA4-lLsC City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape] (by M.E. Sharpe, 2004, New York City, {{ISBN|978-0-7656-0941-0}}).

He also currently serves as the co-editor of the “Reviews and Essays” section of the State and Local Government Review.

His research has been published in a wide range of journals in public administration and urban affairs, including the American Review of Public Administration, Political Research Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Publius, State and Local Government Review, Urban Affairs Review and Urban Studies.

=Selected bibliography=

  • {{cite journal

| last =Feiock

| first = Richard C.

|author2=Jered B. Carr

| title = Incentives, Entrepreneurs, and Boundary Change. A Collective Action Framework

| journal = Urban Affairs Review

| volume = 36

| issue = 3

| pages = 382–405

| year = 2001

| url = http://uar.sagepub.com/content/36/3/382.short

| doi = 10.1177/10780870122184902

| s2cid = 51832986

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Brower

| first = Ralph S.

|author2=Mitchel Y. Abolafia |author3=Jered Carr

| title = On Improving Qualitative Methods in Public Administration Research

| journal = Administration & Society

| volume = 32

| issue = 4

| pages = 363–397

| year = 2000

| url = http://aas.sagepub.com/content/32/4/363.short

| doi = 10.1177/00953990022019470

| s2cid = 144404593

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Feiock

| first = Richard C.

|author2=Jered B. Carr

| title = A Reassessment of City/County Consolidation: Economic Development Impacts

| journal = State and Local Government Review

| volume = 29

| issue = 3

| pages = 166–171

| year = 1997

| jstor = 4355186

| doi =10.1177/0160323X9702900304

| s2cid = 155680229

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Carr

| first = Jered B.

| author-link = Jered Carr

|author2=Richard C. Feiock

| title = State Annexation 'Constraints' and the Frequency of Nunicipal Annexation

| journal = Political Research Quarterly

| volume = 54

| issue = 2

| pages = 459–470

| year = 2001

| url = http://prq.sagepub.com/content/54/2/459.short

| doi = 10.1177/106591290105400212

| s2cid = 154858974

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Leroux

| first = Kelly

|author2=Jered Carr

| title = Explaining Local Government Cooperation on Public Works. Evidence From Michigan

| journal = Public Works Management & Policy

| volume = 12

| issue = 1

| pages = 344–358

| year = 2007

| url = http://pwm.sagepub.com/content/12/1/344.short

| doi = 10.1177/1087724X07302586

| s2cid = 15706293

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Carr

| first = Jered B.

| author-link = Jered Carr

|author2=Shanthi Karuppusamy

| title = Beyond Ideal Types of Municipal Structure. Adapted Cities in Michigan

| journal = American Review of Public Administration

| volume = 39

| issue = 3

| pages = 304–321

| year = 2008

| url = http://arp.sagepub.com/content/39/3/304.short

| doi = 10.1177/0275074008319217

| s2cid = 154828179

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Carr

| first = Jered B.

| author-link = Jered Carr

| author2 = Sang-Seok Bae

| author3 = Wenjue Lu

| title = City-County Government and Promises of Economic Development: A Tale of Two Cities

| journal = State and Local Government Review

| volume = 38

| issue = 3

| pages = 131–141

| year = 2006

| url =http://slg.sagepub.com/content/38/3/131.short

| doi = 10.1177/0160323X0603800301

| s2cid = 145574689

| access-date = 2 March 2012}}

  • {{cite journal

| last =Leroux

| first = Kelly

|author2=Jered B. Carr

| title = Prospects for Centralizing services in an Urban County: Evidence from eight Self-organized Networks of Local Public Services

| journal = Journal of Urban Affairs

| volume = 32

| issue = 4

| pages = 449–470

| year = 2010

| doi = 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2010.00512.x

| s2cid = 154650478

}}

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