State and local politics : government by the people / James MacGregor Burns, J. W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin
Imprint
Englewood Cliff, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1978
Edition
2nd ed
Descript
x, 289 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
State and local politics: who governs? -- American federalism: constitutional dynamics -- American federalism: politics and problems -- State constitutions: charters or strait jackets? -- Under the capitol dome: the state legislature -- Governors: the politics of leadership -- Judges and justice in the states -- Government at the grass roots -- Governing the cities -- Metropolis: politics and reform -- State and urban policy making -- Staffing and financing state and local governments