State and local politics : government by the people
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State and local politics : government by the people
Prentice-Hall, c1996
8th ed
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This title offers an analysis of state and local government and politics. It provides current information on topics such as: who and what influences state policy developments?; metropolitan reform strategies; the function and role of legislative committees; the politics of governors and state legislatures; how judges are chosen; women in politics; and the way political conflicts are managed or resolved at the grass-roots level.
Table of Contents
- State and Local Politics: Who Governs?
- American Federalism
- State Constitutions - Charters or Straitjackets?
- Parties and Elections in the States
- State Legislatures
- State Governors
- Judges and Justice in the States
- Local Government and Metropolitics
- Making State and Local Policy
- Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments.
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