American state and local politics : directions for the 21st century / edited by Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weber, Ronald E., 1938-

Brace, Paul, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments--United States.

State governments.

United States.

Local government--United States.

Local government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 361 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Chatham House Publishers [of] Seven Bridges Press, [1999]

Summary:

This timely new work brings together the expertise of a distinguished team of scholars of state and local government and politics who provide an array of viewpoints on the impact of the major institutional changes that have been taking place over the past three decades in the states and localities. They also discuss the current status of state and local governmental practices and point out some of the challenges facing state and local officials as they enter the next millennium.

Contents:

States and localities transformed / Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace

Devolution and challenge for state and local gevernance / Robert M. Stein

Governors: their heritage and future / Nelson C. Dometrius

The institutionalized legislature and the rise of the antipolitics era / Paul Brace and Daniel S. Ward

Statehouse bureaucracy: institutional consistency in a changing environment / Charles Barrilleaux

State judicial politics: rules, structures, and the political game / Melinda Gann Hall

The embattled mayors and local executives / James H. Svara

The resurgent city councils / Susan MacManus

State and local political parties in a candidate-centered age / John F. Bibby

The opening up of state and local election processes / Charles S. Bullock III

Interest representation in the states / Virginia Gray and David Lowery

Policy change in the American states / Evan J. Ringquist and James C. Garand

Policy change in American cities and counties / Elaine B. Sharp.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical reference (pages [317]-348) and index.

ISBN:

1566430712

OCLC:

40674907