State And Local Government Fifth Edition

Contents The Context for State and Local Politics Government 1. New Directions for State and Local Government Studying State and Local Government in the 21st Century The Capacity of States and Localities The People: Designers and Consumers of Government Linking Capacity to Results 2. Federalism and the States The Concept of Federalism The History of U.S. Federalism Intergovernmental Relations Models of Federalism Federal Purse Strings The Future of Federalism 3. State Constitutions The Evolution of State Constitutions Weaknesses of Constitutions Constitutional Reform Methods for Constitutional Change State Responsiveness and Constitutional Reform 4. Citizen Participation and Elections Participation Elections Election-Day Lawmaking Citizen Access to Government Volunteerism The Effects of Citizen Participation 5. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns Political Parties Interest Groups Political Campaigns II. The Institutions of State Government 6. State Legislatures The Essence of Legislatures Legislative Dynamics Legislative Behavior Legislative Cue-Taking How a Bill Becomes a Law Legislative Reform and Capacity Relationship with the Executive Branch Legislatures and Capacity 7. Governors The Office of Governor Being Governor: Duties and Responsibilities Formal Powers of the Governor Informal Powers Removal from Office Other Executive Branch Officials The Vigor of U.S. Governors 8. Public Administration: Budgeting and Service Delivery Public Employees in State and Local Government: Who They Are, What They Do Budgeting in State and Local Government Personnel Policy in State and Local Government: From Patronage to Merit The Politics of Bureaucracy Reinventing Government The Quality of Public Administration 9. The Judiciary The Structure of State Court Systems How Judges Are Selected Judicial Decisionmaking New Judicial Federalism State Court Reform III. Local Governments...and the States 10. The Structure of Local Government Orientations to Communities County Government Municipal Government Towns and Townships Special Districts School Districts Communities and Governance 11. Local Leadership and Governance Community Power Local Executives Local Legislatures Leadership and Capacity 12. State-Local Relations The Distribution of Authority State-Local Organizations Metropolitics: A New Challenge for State Government States and Urban Policy States and their Rural Communities The Interaction of State and Local Governments 13. State and Local Finance The Principles of Finance Revenues The Political Economy of Taxation Borrowing and Debt State and Local Financial Relations State and Local Finance at the Millennium IV. Public Policy in States and Localities 14. Economic Development Regional Differences in Economic Prosperity Approaches to Economic Development The Politics of Economic Development Current Initiatives Issues in Economic Development The Implications of Economic Development Policy 15. Education Policy The Crisis in Education Intergovernmental Roles in Education Actors in Education Policy Educational Innovation in the States The Continuing Challenge of Public Education 16. Criminal Justice How Much Crime Is There? Intergovernmental Roles in Criminal Justice Actors in Criminal Justice Policy How Policy Participants Interact: Two Policy Areas Correctional Policy Policy Alternatives for States and Localities The Continuing Challenge in Crime and Corrections 17. Social Welfare and Health Care Policy The Meaning of Poverty Social Welfare and Ideology Current Social Welfare Policy Types of Social Welfare Programs State Innovations in Social Welfare Turning Welfare Checks into Paychecks Health Care 18. Environmental Policy The Political Economy of Environmental Protection Intergovernmental Relationships in Environmental Policy Solid Waste Management: Garbage and What to Do with It Hazardous Waste: The Politics of Confusion Nuclear Waste: The Lingering Horror Environmental JusticeAnn O'M Bowman is the author of 'State And Local Government Fifth Edition', published 2001 under ISBN 9780618132072 and ISBN 0618132074.