New Directions for State and Local Government Studying State and Local Government in the Twenty-First Century State and Local Government Capacity | |
The People: Designers and Consumers of Government Linking Capacity to Results | |
Federalism and the States | |
The Concept of Federalism | |
The History of U.S. Federalism Intergovernmental Relations Models of Federalism Federal Purse Strings | |
The Future of Federalism | |
State Constitutions | |
The Evolution of State Constitutions Weaknesses of Constitutions Constitutional Reform Methods For Constitutional Change State Responsiveness and Constitutional Reform | |
Citizen Participation and Elections Participation Elections Direct Democracy Citizen Access to Government Volunteerism as Participation | |
The Effects of Citizen Participation | |
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns Political Parties Interest Groups Political Campaigns | |
State Legislatures | |
The Essence of Legislatures Legislative Dynamics Legislative Behavior How a Bill Becomes Law (Or Not) Legislative Reform and Capacity Relationship with the Executive Branch Legislatures and Capacity | |
Governors | |
The Office of Governor | |
The Roles of the Governor: Duties and Responsibilities Formal Powers of the Governor Informal Powers Removal from Office Other Executive Branch Officials | |
The Capability of U.S. Governors | |
Public Administration: Budgeting and Service Delivery Public Employees in State and Local Governments: Who They Are, What They Do Budgeting in State and Local Government Human Resource Policy in State and Local Government: From Patronage to Merit The Politics of Bureaucracy Reinventing Government | |
The Quality of Public Administration | |
The Judiciary | |
The Structure of State Court Systems How Judges Are Selected Judicial Decisionmaking New Judicial Federalism Administrative and Organizational Improvements Crime and Criminal Justice | |
State-Local Relations | |
The Distribution of Authority State-Local Organizations Metropolitics: A New Challenge for State Government States and Their Rural Communities | |
The Interaction of States and Localities | |
Local Government: Structure and Leadership Five Types of Local Governments Leadership in Local Government Communities and Governance | |
Taxing and Spending | |
The Principles of Finance Revenues | |
The Political Economy of Taxation Borrowing and Debt Where All the Money Goes: State and Local Spending State and Local Finance in the 2000s | |
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