American State and Local Politics

by Weber, Ronald E.; Brace, Paul R.

• ISBN13: 9781566430715
• ISBN10: 1566430712
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Chatham House Pub

Summary

Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace bring together a distinguished team of scholars of state and local government to provide an array of viewpoints on the impact of the major institutional changes that have been taking place over the past three decades. These experts discuss the current status of state and local government practices and identify some of the challenges facing officials today.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
States and Localities Transformed	p. 1
Devolution and Challenge for State and Local Governance	p. 21
Governors: Their Heritage and Future	p. 38
The Institutionalized Legislature and the Rise of the Antipolitics Era	p. 71
Statehouse Bureaucracy: Institutional Consistency in a Changing Environment	p. 97
State Judicial Politics: Rules, Structures, and the Political Game	p. 114
The Embattled Mayors and Local Executives	p. 139
The Resurgent City Councils	p. 166
State and Local Parties in a Candidate-Centered Age	p. 194
The Opening Up of State and Local Election Processes	p. 212
Interest Representation in the States Virginia Gray and David Lowery	p. 241
Policy Change in the American States	p. 268
Policy Change in American Cities and Counties	p. 300
Notes	p. 317
About the Contributors	p. 349
Index	p. 353
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