How American governments work : a handbook of city, county, regional, state, and federal operations / [edited by] Roger L. Kemp.

Other author Kemp, Roger L.
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2002.
Descriptionviii, 440 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Democracy--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Voting--United States.
Local government--United States.
State governments--United States.
United States--Politics and government.

Contents pt. 1. National election practices. Representative democracy / Joseph F. Zimmerman -- Voter rights litigation / Lee L. Blackman and Erich R. Luschei -- The Voting Rights Act and the Supreme Court / Olethia Davis -- Redistricting and the Supreme Court / Richard L. Engstrom -- Voting rights remedies / Edward Still and Robert Richie -- pt. 2. City government. The state of the cities / Roger L. Kemp -- City government forms / Charles R. Adrian -- City government structures / Tari Renner and Victor S. DeSantis -- Separating the powers / Michele Frisby -- The council-manager plan / William H. Hansell, Jr.-- pt. 3. County government. Overview of county governments / Tanis J. Salant -- County governments and change / Victor S. DeSantis -- City-county consolidations / Julianne Duvall -- The evolutionary consolidation model / Herbert H. Hughes and Charles Lee -- Counties in transition / Robert D. Thomas -- pt. 4. Regional government. Models of regional government / Richard Sybert -- Regional cooperation / Theodore Hershberg -- Regional government and regional councils / J. Eugene Grigsby III -- Fiscal regionalism / David Miller -- Regional government and the post-industrial economy / Allan D. Wallis -- pt. 5. State government. The state of the states / Dag Ryen -- The structure of state government / Edwin Meese III -- The states and the federal government / Richard P. Nathan -- The states and the city governments / David R. Berman -- The power struggle continues / Carl E. Van Horn -- pt. 6. Federal government. Overview of the federal government / Edwin Meese III -- The complexity of the federal government / Roger L. Kemp -- The Congress / Lydia Bjornlund -- The Supreme Count / Charles Wise -- The politics of new federalism / John A. Ferejohn and Barry R. Weingast -- pt. 7. Government trends. National election practices / Charles R. Wise -- City government / Roger L. Kemp -- County government / Donald C. Menzel -- Regional government / William Dodge -- State government / Keon S. Chi -- Federal government / Robert J. Dilger -- pt. 8. The future of democracy. Money and democracy / Mark Schmitt -- Public opinion polls and democracy / Celinda Lake and Jennifer Sosin -- Technology and democracy / Tracy Weston -- The American dream and democracy / Marshall Kaplan.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002003336
ISBN0786412992 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JK1726 .H69 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold