Governing states and localities

by Smith, Kevin B.

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Full title :Governing states and localities / Kevin B. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Alan Greenblatt, Governing magazine.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020
Edition:Seventh Edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SAGE CQ Press
Place of Publication:Los Angeles
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 555 pages : : color illustrations, color maps ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781544325422, 1544325428
oclc:on1050456978
LC Classification:JK2408
Dewey Decimal:320.473

BRIEF CONTENTS: Chapter 1. Introduction to state and local government: They tax dogs in West Virginia, don't they? -- Chapter 2. Federalism: The power plan -- Chapter 3. Constitutions: Operating instructions -- Chapter 4. Finance: Filling the till and paying the bills -- Chapter 5. Political attitudes and participation: Venting and voting -- Chapter 6. Parties and interest groups: Elephants, donkeys, and cash cows -- Chapter 7. Legislatures: The art of herding cats -- Chapter 8. Governors and executives: There is no such thing as absolute power -- Chapter 9. Courts: Turning law into politics -- Chapter 10. Bureaucracy: What nobody wants but everybody needs -- Chapter 11. Local government: Function follows form -- Chapter 12. Metropolitics: The hole problem of government -- Chapter 13. Education: Reading, writing, and regulation -- Chapter 14. Crime and punishment -- Chapter 15. Health and welfare: State, heal thyself! -- Chapter 16. Environment and climate change: Thinking globally, acting locally.

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Comparative government Comparative government -- Textbooks Local Government Local government -- Textbooks. -- Unite… State governments State governments -- Textbooks. -- Unit… Textbooks United States