Governing states and localities

✍ Scribed by Alan Greenblatt; Kevin B. Smith

• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 585
• Edition: Seventh
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

GOVERNING STATES AND LOCALITIES - FRONT COVER
GOVERNING STATES AND LOCALITIES
COPYRIGHT
BRIEF CONTENTS
DETAILED CONTENTS
TABLES, FIGURES, AND MAPS
PREFACE
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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
NOTES
GLOSSARY
INDEX