Title: The local state : public money and American cities /
Authors: Monkkonen, Eric H., 1942-
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Municipal finance United States; Municipal finance Illinois; Fiscal policy United States; Fiscal policy Illinois.
Contents: Introduction: The Importance of Local Finance -- 1. The Importance of the Local State and its Fiscal Politics -- 2. Debt and Default: Meaning and Measurement -- 3. The State Politics of Debt Restriction: The Case of Illinois -- 4. The Local Politics of Debt: Life in the State of Parties and Courts -- 5. The Politics of Spectacular Defaults -- Conclusion: Federalism and Urbanism -- Appendix A Statutory Fiscal Limits of Illinois Cities and Towns -- Appendix B Local Debt in the States, 1880 -- Appendix C Illinois Data Sources and Correlation Matrix of Basic Variables -- Appendix D County Sample Selection -- Appendix E Illinois-Originated Cases on Debt, 1859-96.