Public Administration in Massachusetts the Relation of Central to Local Activity / Robert Harvey Whitten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitten, Robert Harvey, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1969]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the relation of the central government to the local government in the public administration of Massachusetts on topics such as education, relief for the poor, penal institutions, public health, police, taxation, street railways, gas and electric lights, civil services, and others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Public Schools

III. Public Poor Relief

IV. Penal Institutions

V. Public Health

VI. Police

VII. Taxation

VIII. Street Railways

IX. Gas and Electric Light Works

X. The Civil Service Commission

XI. Central Audit, Local Records, State Highways and the Metropolitan District

XII. Theory of the Relation of Commonwealth to Municipal Activity

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88887-2

OCLC:

1100430913