Readings & cases in state and local politics

Book

Readings & cases in state and local politics / [edited by] Richard A. Clucas.

Clucas, Richard A. (Added Author).

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Changing position of state government, the concept of resurgence -- Understanding differences across the states, the concept of political culture -- Redistributing power among governments, the concept of devolution -- State constitutions, the concept of distinctiveness -- Political participation, the concept of civic engagement -- Political parties and elections, the concept of candidate-centered campaigns -- Interest representation, the concept of group power -- State legislatures, the concept of professionalism -- Governors, the concept of gubernatorial success -- State and local bureaucracies, the concept of privatization -- State courts, the concept of the new judicial federalism -- Local government, the concept of the model city charter; Urban government, the concept of new regionalism -- State finances, the concept of budgeting -- Education, the concept of school reform -- Social welfare, the concepts of laboratories of democracy and race to the bottom -- Endnotes.