American state and local politics : directions for the 21st century

Author(s)

• Weber, Ronald E.
• Brace, Paul R.

Bibliographic Information

American state and local politics : directions for the 21st century

edited by Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace

Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press, c1999

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical notes (p. [317]-348) and index

Contents of Works

• States and localities transformed / Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace
• Devolution and challenge for state and local governance / Robert M. Stein
• Governors : their heritage and future / Nelson C. Dometrius
• The institutionalized legislature and the rise of the antipolitics era / Paul Brace and Daniel S. Ward
• Statehouse bureaucracy : institutional consistency in a changing environment / Charles Barrilleaux
• State judicial politics : rules, structures, and the political game / Melinda Gann Hall
• The embattled mayors and local executives / James H. Svara
• The resurgent city councils / Susan MacManus
• State and local parties in a candidate-centered age / John F. Bibby
• The opening up of state and local election processes / Charles S. Bullock III
• Interest representation in the states / Virginia Gray and David Lowery
• Policy change in the American states / Evan J. Ringquist and James C. Garand
• Policy change in American cities and counties / Elaine B. Sharpe

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace bring together a distinguished team of scholars of state and local government to provide an array of viewpoints on the impact of the major institutional changes that have been taking place over the past three decades. These experts discuss the current status of state and local government practices and identify some of the challenges facing officials today.

Table of Contents

• States and localities transformed, Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace
• federalism and subnational governance, Robert M. Stein
• governors - their heritage and future, Nelson C. Dometrius
• the institutional legislature and the rise of the anti-politics era, Paul Brace and Daniel S. Ward
• statehouse bureaucracy - institutional, consistency in a changing environment, Charles Barrilleaux
• state judicial politics - rules, structures, and the political game, Melinda Gann Hall
• the embattled mayors and local executives, James H, Svara
• the resurgent city councils, Susan MacManus. (Part contents)

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA44387659
• ISBN:
  • 1566430712
• LCCN: 99006050
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 361 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JK2408
  • DC21 : 351.73
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : State governments -- United States
  • LCSH : Local government -- United States