State and local politics : institutions and reform
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State and local politics : institutions and reform
Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2013
3rd ed., Student ed
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State & local politics : institutions and reform
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  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
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Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this Third Edition of STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS: INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM, Donovan, Mooney, and Smith go beyond the purely descriptive treatment usually found in state and local texts. Offering an engaging comparative approach, the Third Edition shows students how politics and government differ between states and communities, and points out the causes and effects of those variations. The text also focuses on what social scientists know about the effects of rules and institutions on politics and policy. This comparative, institutional framework enables students to think more analytically about the impact of institutions on policy outcomes, asks them to evaluate the effectiveness of one institutional approach over another, and encourages them to consider more sophisticated solutions.
Written by three young, high-profile specialists who have contributed significantly to the field in the last decade, STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS: INSTITUTIONS AND REFORM incorporates the most recent scholarship available into the course, giving students access to perspectives that no other textbook on the market currently provides.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to State and Local Politics.
2. Federalism: State Politics within a Federal System.
3. Participation, Elections, and Representation.
4. State and Local Direct Democracy.
5. Political Parties.
6. Interest Groups.
7. State Legislatures.
8. Governors and the State Bureaucracy.
9. The Court System and Criminal Justice.
10. The Structure of Municipal Governments.
11. The Politics of Land Use and Development.
12. State and Local Fiscal Policy.
13. Morality Politics.
14. Social Welfare and Health Care Politics.
15. Education Politics.
Glossary.
Index.
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