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- To improve cooperation among the States; report. by Council of State Governments.Committee on Strengthening Interstate Cooperation Commissions.;
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- The 50 States and their local governments / by Fesler, James W.(James William),1911-2005.(CARDINAL)145738; Bosworth, Karl A.(Karl Andrew),1909-1970.(CARDINAL)195285; American Assembly.Forty-eight States.;
Bibliography: pages 589-603.I. Introduction / James W. Fesler : 1. The scope of responsibilities : population and area ; expenditures ; employment ; functions. 2. Roles in the American political system : distribution of functions ; political interpenetration. 3. Political systems : understanding political systems in general ; appraising state and local political systems. 4. A preliminary stock-taking : the heritage ; the American system ; politics ; policy making ; administration ; judging ; the local level ; the future -- II. The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Allan R. Richards : 5. The early state governments (1776-1800) : popular government and individual rights ; separation of powers and legislative supremacy ; limited democracy ; cities, towns, and counties. 6. The democratic reorientation (1800-1860) : decline of the legislature ; strengthening and weakening the chief executive ; democratization of the judiciary ; development of political organizations and parties ; economic and social activities ; summary, 1800-1860 -- III. Half of our century / Allan R. Richards : 7. Mistrust and reform (1900-1920) : political reform ; expertness and administrative efficiency ; regulation and service. 8. Modern times (1920-1950) : regulation and service ; constitutional inadequacy ; elections and representation ; the reorganization movement. 9. Our traditions -- IV. Functions of state and local governments / Harvey C. Mansfield : 10. The jobs of the states : the states as middlemen ; variations among states ; the declining sense of community ; general characteristics ; traditional functions. 11. The jobs of local governments. 12. Education : public schools ; school desegregation ; higher education. 13. Transportation : highways ; airports. 14. Planning, public business, and private enterprise : planning ; natural resources and outdoor recreation ; public ownership ; private enterprise ; liquor control. 15. Health and welfare : health ; mental health ; welfare. 16. Conclusion -- V. Intergovernmental relations / Harvey C. Mansfield : 17. The states and the nation : admission of new states ; expanding national powers ; state reactions ; federal-state suits ; criteria for national action ; federal aid. 18. The states as neighbors : interstate comity ; interstate cooperation. 19. The states and their localities : state and county ; state and city ; home rule. 20. Dealings among local units. 21. Direct national-local relations. 22. State and local finances : relation to national finances ; some general trends ; revenue problems -- VI. Elections and political parties / Dayton D. McKean : 23. The importance of state politics : low visibility ; the road to national office ; the autonomy of state politics. 24. The rules of the game : the suffrage ; election administration ; the nominating process ; nonpartisan nominations and election ; direct legislation ; money. 25. The politics of institutions : separation of powers ; legislative representation ; the governor's role ; party structure ; the electoral college. 26. Conclusion -- VII. Patterns of politics / Dayton D. McKean : 27. Sectionalism : the one-party states ; the border states ; new England ; the two-party states ; a conservative-liberal realignment? 28. Other components of party preferences : social and economic class ; other personal characteristics ; cities and suburbs. 29. Bosses and machines : urban, state, and rural bosses ; causes of bossism. 30. Interest groups : the number and variety of groups ; federalism and interest groups ; the lobby ; the invisible government ; patterns of interest group politics; some unsolved problems ; benefits of group politics. 31. Conclusion -- VIII. Legislators and governors / Karl A. Bosworth and James W. Fesler : 32. Representation in the legislature : the bicameral tradition ; the unicameral alternative ; representation and misrepresentation: the states' records; representation and the United States Constitution ; issues in the representation debate ; who should reapportion a state legislature? ; other dimensions of representation.33. The legislators : how big should a legislative body be? ; who goes to the legislature? ; terms and tenure ; pay for legislators ; legislators' behavior. 34. The governors : the governorship ; term of office ; career patterns. 35. Conclusion. IX. Policy making / Karl A. Bosworth : 36. What is policy? : how are policies manifested? ; substance of state policy. 37. The state constitution : constitutional essentials and nonessentials ; amending the constitution ; constitutional revision. 38. Special legislation : local laws ; other special legislation. 39. Direct legislation : the initiative ; the referendum. 40. Lawmaking: informed, orderly deliberation : the formal deliberative process ; the public's information and participation ; policy research ; legislative committees ; sessions. 41. Lawmaking: policy leadership and decision making : finding issues ; organization for decision ; the governor and the legislature ; the nongovernor and alternative leaders. 42. Criticism and protest. 43. Conclusion -- X. Administrative organization / York Willbern : 44. Organizing the administration : the inherited pattern ; demands for change ; little hoover commissions ; guiding principles of the reorganization movement. 45. Fragmentation of the executive branch : pressures for separation ; devices for separatism. 46. Separatism versus integration : the case for integration ; doubts about integration ; crucial role of the chief executive ; separatism - an illustration. 47. Prospects for reorganization -- XI. Personnel and money / York Willbern : 48. Workers in the state vineyard. 49. Spoils and merit : extent of the merit system ; patronage and political values ; civil service and administrative values ; adjustment to realities ; professional replacing amateurs. 50. Personnel management : organizational alternatives ; agenda of concerns ; employee associations and unions ; the vital spark. 51. Managing money : who prepares the budget? ; nature of the budget ; funds and earmarking ; controlling the use of appropriated money ; collecting taxes. 52. Conclusion -- XII. Courts and judges: power and politics / Victor G. Rosenblum : 53. The scope of state judicial power : appellate and trial courts. 54. The methods of judicial policy making : advantages of judicial policy making ; the role of precedents ; the role of discretionary power. 55. Politics and the judiciary : election of judges ; the "Missouri Plan" ; political subtleties and stakes ; abuses of the judicial function. 56. Conclusion --XIII. Judicial reform: needs and prospects / Victor G. Rosenblum : 57. Obstacles to judicial efficacy : delay ; judicial organization and administration ; rules of procedure ; access to the courts and representation by counsel. 58. Prospects for progress : empiricism in legal research ; deformalization ; some reform programs ; reorienting criminal law ; administration. 59. Conclusion -- XIIII. Local governments - the cities / Robert L. Morlan : 60. The nature of local government : the justification for local self-government ; complexity of American local government ; legal status and powers: city charters ; urbanization. 61. Types of municipal government : weak mayor with council ; strong mayor with council ; commission government ; council-manager government ; the mayor-administrator plan. 62. Municipal politics: lawmaking and elections : city councils ; councilmen and citizens ; elections at-large or by wards ; proportional representation ; partisan versus nonpartisan elections. 63. Conclusion : doctrine and practice -- XV. Local governments: an embarrassment of riches / Robert L. Morlan : 64. The county : governmental patterns ; merger proposals ; a focus of responsibility ; urban services. 65. Towns, townships, and villages : new England towns ; townships ; villages. 66. The governing of the metropolitan areas : scope of problems ; the whole and the parts ; a single metropolitan government ; single-function consolidated services ; annexation and extra-territoriality ; general approaches to solutions. 67. Conclusion -- XVI. The future of state and local government / James W. Fesler : 68. Responsibilities of the future : the states’ people ; the cities’ and the suburbs’ people. 69. The capabilities of state governments : the effects of the reapportionment ; spread of two-party competition. 70. The capabilities of local governments : three schools of thought ; big cities. 71. The future character of federalism : the federal government’s changing role ; the critical capabilities: geographic ; fiscal capability ; political capability ; administrative capability. 72. Conclusion.- Subjects: State governments.; Local government;
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