American state and local politics
Subtitle: directions for the 21st century
By: edited by Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace.
Contributors: Weber, Ronald E., 1938-; Brace, Paul, 1954-
Publisher: Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: State governments -- United States; Local government -- United States
Description: This book brings together a team of scholars of state and local government to provide an array of viewpoints on the impact of the major institutional changes that have been taking place over the past three decades. These experts discuss the current status of state and local government practices and identify some of the challenges facing officials as they enter the new millennium.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: States and localities transformed / Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace; title: Devolution and challenge for state and local governance / Robert M. Stein; title: Governors : their heritage and future / Nelson C. Dometrius; title: The institutionalized legislature and the rise of the antipolitics era / Paul Brace and Daniel S. Ward; title: Statehouse bureaucracy : institutional consistency in a changing environment / Charles Barrilleaux; title: State judicial politics : rules, structures, and the political game / Melinda Gann Hall; title: The embattled mayors and local executives / James H. Svara; title: The resurgent city councils / Susan MacManus; title: State and local parties in a candidate-centered age / John F. Bibby; title: The opening up of state and local election processes / Charles S. Bullock III; title: Interest representation in the states / Virginia Gray and David Lowery; title: Policy change in the American states / Evan J. Ringquist and James C. Garand; title: Policy change in American cities and counties / Elaine B. Sharpe.