State and Local Government

2011-2012 Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-60871-834-4
Verlag: CQ Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Every year, editor Kevin Smith pulls cutting-edge selections from publications such as Governing, State Legislatures, State News, and Campaigns & Elections to grab your students' interest with highly readable and up-to-date articles that hit close to home. Nearly 40 new articles cover the significant issues facing state and local government with the same context and currency you have come to expect as hallmarks of this reader. The 2011-2012 edition will help bring the latest analysis into your state and local government course.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Kevin B.

Balzer, Amanda

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: FEDERALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Federalism in the Age of Obama
Competing and Cooperating across State Borders in Economic Development: A Call for "Coopertition"
What Really Matters in Health-Care Reform
An End Run on the Electoral College
PART TWO: ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
Red Tide
Prison-Based Gerrymandering Dilutes Blacks' Voting Powe
The Future of Redistricting and Rural America
Do It Yourself Redistricting
PART THREE: POLITICAL PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPS
Restlessness Unleashed: The Tea Partiers and Lessons of History
Tempest in a Tea Party
The Great Divide
State Political Parties Stand the Risk of Losing Major Party Status in Future Elections
PART FOUR: LEGISLATURES
Newly in Charge
Dealing with Term-Limited Legislators
What Legislators Need Now
Legislatures Expand Training for New Members
PART FIVE: GOVERNORS AND EXECUTIVES
Goodbye Moderate Governors, Hello Partisans
Governors Set Agenda for a Lean 2011
The Rise of Attorneys General
The Nation's Only Health Insurance Commissioner Takes on the Health-Care System
PART SIX: COURTS
The Impact of High-Visibility Contests for U.S. State Court Judgeships: Partisan Voting in Nonpartisan Elections
The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change: Executive Summary
010 Judicial Elections Increase Pressure on Courts, Reform Groups Say
PART SEVEN: BUREAUCRACY
Public Servants as Enemy #1
Election Adds Pressure to Change Public Pensions
Local Governments Cutting Jobs and Services
Does Government Work Require Government Employees?
PART EIGHT: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
States Handing Off More Responsibilities to Cities
Is Government Consolidation the Answer?
Colorado Springs' Do-It-Yourself Government
The Big Apple: Urban Incubator
PART NINE: BUDGETS AND TAXES
Deep Holes, Few Options
Bringing State Tax Systems into the 21st Century
Lottery Revenues Not a Sure Bet
Efficiency in State Government
PART TEN: POLICY CHALLENGES
Interim Analysis: 2011 State of the State Addresses
Right Turn: A New Congress Intent on Fiscal Discipline Means States Can Expect Little Budget Help from Washington
Governance Challenges and Options for State and Local Governments
A Special Report: Immigration and the States

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Kevin B.
Kevin B. Smith is the Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Chair of Political Science at the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author or coauthor of 10 books on politics and policy,

as well as numerous scholarly articles on state politics and policy. Prior to becoming an academic,

he covered state and local politics as a newspaper reporter. You can follow him on Twitter at @

nivek_htims.