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How American governments work : a handbook of city, county, regional, state, and federal operations

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Title

How American governments work : a handbook of city, county, regional, state, and federal operations

Call No

JK1726

Authors

Kemp, Roger L

Subjects

Democracy--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Voting--United States.
Local government--United States.
State governments--United States.
United States--Politics and government.

Language

English

Published

Publication Desc

viii, 440 p. : ill. ;

ISBN

0786412992 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002003336

Dimensions

26 cm.

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pt. 1. National election practices: Representative democracy / Joseph F. Zimmerman -- Voter rights litigation / Lee L. Blackman and Erich R. Luschei -- The Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court / Olethia Davis -- Redistricting and the Supreme Court / Richard L. Engstrom -- Voting rights remedies / Edward Still and Robert Richie -- pt. 2. City government: The state of the cities / Roger L. Kemp -- City government forms / Charles R. Adrian -- City government structures / Tari Renner and Victor S. DeSantis -- Separating the powers / Michele Frisby -- The council-manager plan / William H. Hansell, Jr.-- pt. 3. County government: Overview of county governments / Tanis J. Salant -- County governments and change / Victor S. DeSantis -- City-county consolidations / Julianne Duvall -- The evolutionary consolidation model / Herbert H. Hughes and Charles Lee -- Counties in transition / Robert D. Thomas -- pt. 4. Regional government: Models of regional government / Richard Sybert -- Regional cooperation / Theodore Hershberg -- Regional government and regional councils / J. Eugene Grigsby III -- Fiscal regionalism / David Miller -- Regional government and the post-industrial economy / Allan D. Wallis -- pt. 5. State government: The state of the states / Dag Ryen -- The structure of state government / Edwin Meese III -- The states and the federal government / Richard P. Nathan -- The states and the city governments / David R. Berman -- The power struggle continues / Carl E. Van Horn -- pt. 6. Federal government: Overview of the federal government / Edwin Meese III -- The complexity of the federal government / Roger L. Kemp -- The Congress / Lydia Bjornlund -- The Supreme Count / Charles Wise -- The politics of new federalism / John A. Ferejohn and Barry R. Weingast -- pt. 7. Government trends: National election practices / Charles R. Wise -- City government / Roger L. Kemp -- County government / Donald C. Menzel -- Regional government / William Dodge -- State government / Keon S. Chi -- Federal government / Robert J. Dilger -- pt. 8. The future of democracy: Money and democracy / Mark Schmitt -- Public opinion polls and democracy / Celinda Lake and Jennifer Sosin -- Technology and democracy / Tracy Weston -- The American dream and democracy / Marshall Kaplan.