County government: Past, present, and future

✍ Scribed by Roger L. Kemp

• Book ID: 102544360
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 51 KB
• Volume: 97
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0027-9013
• DOI: 10.1002/ncr.233

✦ Synopsis

County government traces its roots back centuries to the English shire, which served as the administrative arm of the national government and also as the citizens' local government. The original colonists along the eastern seaboard of North America adapted the structural form of the shire to suit the diverse economic and geographic needs of each of the colonies. The word comté in National Civic Review DOI: 10.1002/ncr Winter 2008

Local governments now play a more prominent role in the lives of their citizens, not only for meeting their basic public service needs but also for creating economic opportunity and prosperity.