State and local government in the United States
By: M.H. Timm (editor).
Contributors: Timm, M. H.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Huntington, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: State governments -- United States; Local government -- United States; United States -- Politics and government; Statehood (American politics); Finance, Public -- United States -- States; Local finance -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Statehood process of the fifty states -- Garrine P. Laney; title: State and local pension plans : economically targeted invesetments and social responsibility screening -- Celinda Franco, Edward B. Rappaport and James R. Storey; title: Legal issues affecting the right of state employees to bring suit under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act and other federal labor laws -- Kimberly D. Jones; title: The federal money trail : data sources on federal aid, grants, loans, and procurement in states and local areas -- James R. Riehl; title: Federal grants to state and local governments : a brief history -- Ben Canada; title: Community development block grants : funding and other issues in the 106th Congress -- Eugene Boyd; title: State and local economic sanctions : some constitutional issues -- Jeanne J. Grimmett; title: State technology development strategies : the role of high tech clusters -- Wendy H. Schacht; title: Citizen initiative proposals appearing on state ballots, 1976-1992 -- Lisa Oakley and Thomas H. Neale.