Introduction to state and community politics -- The constitutional environment of state and local governments -- The intergovernmental framework for state and community politics -- Channels of citizen influence: participation, public opinion, and interest groups -- Channels of citizen influence: the ballot box, parties, and direct action -- Institutions of local government -- The dynamics of community politics -- State legislatures and public policy -- GOvernors and the challenge of executive leadeship -- Administrators and the implementation of policy -- Courts, crime, and corrections in American states -- Financing state and local governments -- Poverty and social welfare policies -- Education -- Infrastructure policies: transportation and housing and community development -- Regulating the environment -- State and community economic development policies

1. State governments -- United States
2. Municipal government -- United States
3. Local government -- United States