Governing states and localities
By: Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt, Michele Mariani.
Contributors: Greenblatt, Alan.; Mariani, Michele.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 649
ISBN-13: 9780872893795
Subjects: State governments -- United States -- Textbooks; Local government -- United States -- Textbooks; Comparative government -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: they tax dogs in West Virginia, don't they?; title: Federalism: the power plan; title: Constitutions: operating instructions; title: Political attitudes and participation: venting and voting; title: Parties and interest groups: elephants, donkeys, and cash cows; title: Legislatures: the art of herding cats; title: Governors and executives: there is no such thing as absolute power; title: Courts: turning law into politics; title: Bureaucracy: what nobody wants ... but everybody needs; title: Local government: function follows form; title: Metropolitics: the hole problem of government; title: Finance: filling the till and paying the bills; title: Education: reading, writing, and regulation; title: Crime and punishment; title: Health and welfare: state, heal thyself!