STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HB

• Hardback book by Ann O'M.Bowman and Richard C. Kearney
• Over 550 pages
• Copyright © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Company

" Both instructors and students alike praise Bowman and Kearney's user-friendly organization centered around the unifying theme of the increased capacity and responsibility of state and local governments.
The third edition addresses the current concerns brought on by a weak economy and decreased aid from the federal government, particularly in light of the 1994 congressional elections.
The text's comprehensive, policy-oriented approach gives students the bakground they need to understand the complicated choices facing today's state and local government. "

Summary of Contents includes:

" 1. New Direction for State and Local Government

2. Federalism and the States

3. State Constitutions

4. Citizen Participation and Elections

5. Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns

6. Governors

7. Budgeting and the Bureaucracy

8. State Legislatures

9. The Judiciary

10. The Structure of Local Government

11. Local leadership and Governance

12. State-Local Relations

13. State and Local Finance

14. Economic Development

15. Education Policy

16. Criminal Justice

17. Social Welfare and Health Care Policy

18. Environmental Policy

References

Index "

This book is in good condition with minor edgewear to the cover.
No torn or ripped pages.
There are several pages with some highlighting, "used" stamps on the side edges of the pages, mostly visible from the side view and mark from a price removed from the back inside cover.

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