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Preface | p. xi |
New Directions for State and Local Government | p. 1 |
Studying State and Local Government in the Twenty-First Century | p. 2 |
The Capacity of States and Localities | p. 4 |
The People: Designers and Consumers of Government | p. 12 |
Linking Capacity to Results | p. 18 |
Chapter Recap | p. 18 |
Federalism and the States | p. 20 |
The Concept of Federalism | p. 22 |
The History of U.S. Federalism | p. 24 |
Models of Federalism | p. 32 |
Intergovernmental Relations | p. 35 |
Federal Purse Strings | p. 38 |
The Future of Federalism | p. 42 |
Chapter Recap | p. 44 |
State Constitutions | p. 46 |
The Evolution of State Constitutions | p. 47 |
Weaknesses of Constitutions | p. 51 |
Constitutional Reform | p. 55 |
Methods for Constitutional Change | p. 59 |
State Responsiveness and Constitutional Reform | p. 64 |
Chapter Recap | p. 65 |
Citizen Participation and Elections | p. 67 |
Participation | p. 67 |
Elections | p. 73 |
Direct Democracy | p. 78 |
Citizen Access to Government | p. 82 |
The Effects of Citizen Participation | p. 85 |
Chapter Recap | p. 87 |
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns | p. 89 |
Political Parties | p. 89 |
Interest Groups | p. 96 |
Political Campaigns | p. 104 |
Chapter Recap | p. 111 |
State Legislatures | p. 113 |
The Essence of Legislatures | p. 113 |
Legislative Dynamics | p. 115 |
Legislative Behavior | p. 123 |
How a Bill Becomes Law (or Not) | p. 125 |
Legislative Reform and Capacity | p. 128 |
Relationship with the Executive Branch | p. 132 |
Legislatures and Capacity | p. 136 |
Chapter Recap | p. 136 |
Governors | p. 138 |
The Office of Governor | p. 139 |
The Roles of the Governor: Duties and Responsibilities | p. 142 |
Formal Powers of the Governor | p. 149 |
Informal Powers | p. 158 |
Removal from Office | p. 161 |
Other Executive Branch Officials | p. 162 |
The Capability of U.S. Governor | p. 164 |
Chapter Recap | p. 164 |
Public Administration: Budgeting and Service Delivery | p. 166 |
Public Employees in State and Local Government: Who They Are, What They Do | p. 168 |
Budgeting in State and Local Government | p. 168 |
Human Resource Policy in State and Local Government: From Patronage to Merit | p. 176 |
The Politics of Bureaucracy | p. 185 |
Reinventing Government | p. 187 |
The Quality of Public Administration | p. 191 |
Chapter Recap | p. 193 |
The Judiciary | p. 195 |
The Structure of State Court Systems | p. 196 |
How Judges Are Selected | p. 200 |
Judicial Decisionmaking | p. 209 |
Judicial Federalism | p. 214 |
Administrative and Organizational Improvements | p. 216 |
Crime and Criminal Justice | p. 219 |
Chapter Recap | p. 221 |
State-Local Relations | p. 223 |
The Distribution of Authority | p. 224 |
State-Local Organizations | p. 230 |
Metropolitics: A New Challenge For State Government | p. 231 |
States and Their Rural Communities | p. 239 |
The Interaction of States and Localities | p. 240 |
Chapter Recap | p. 241 |
Local Government: Structure and Leadership | p. 243 |
Five Types of Local Governments | p. 243 |
Leadership in Local Government | p. 256 |
Communities and Governance | p. 266 |
Chapter Recap | p. 266 |
Taxing and Spending | p. 269 |
The Principles of Finance | p. 270 |
Revenues | p. 272 |
The Political Economy of Taxation | p. 284 |
Managing Money | p. 291 |
State and Local Spending | p. 294 |
Current Issues in State and Local Finance | p. 298 |
Chapter Recap | p. 298 |
References | p. 1 |
Index | p. 1 |
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