State and local government
Subtitle: the essentials
By: Ann O'M. Bowman, Richard C. Kearney.
Contributors: Kearney, Richard C.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: State governments -- United States.; Local government -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: New directions for state and local government; title: Federalism and the states; title: State constitutions; title: Citizen participation and elections; title: Political parties, interest groups, and campaigns; title: State legislatures; title: Governors; title: Public administration : budgeting, bureaucracy, and service delivery; title: The judiciary; title: State-local relations; title: Local government : structure and leadership; title: Taxing and spending.