The 50 States and their local governments / Karl A. Bosworth [and others] under the editorship of James W. Fesler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fesler, James W. (James William), 1911-2005, editor.

Contributor:

Bosworth, Karl A. (Karl Andrew), 1909-1970.

American Assembly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State governments.

Local government--United States.

Local government.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 603 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded). ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, [1967]

Contents:

Introduction by J. W. Fesler.

The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by A. R. Richards.

Half of our century, by A. R. Richards.

Functions of State and local governments, by H. C. Mansfield.

Intergovernmental relations, by H. C. Mansfield.

Elections and political parties, by D. D. McKean.

Patterns of politics, by D. D. McKean.

Legislators and Governors, by K. A. Bosworth and J. W. Fesler.

Policy making, by K. A. Bosworth.

Administrative organization, by Y. Willbern.

Personnel and money, by Y. Willbern.

Courts and judges: power and politics, by V. G. Rosenblum.

Judicial reform: needs and prospects, by V. G. Rosenblum.

Local governments: the cities, by R. L. Morian.

Local governments: an embarrassment of riches, by R. L. Morian.

The future of State and local government, by J. W. Fesler.

Bibliography (p. [589]-603).

Notes:

Based on The forty-eight States, published in 1956? as the background papers and final report of the Eight American Assembly, 1955.

Bibliography: pages [589]-603.

Related Work:

American Assembly. Forty-eight States.

OCLC:

408565