Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> American Government - State

Attaining the benefits of (especially fiscal) decentralization in government remains an enduring challenge, in part because, the re-arrangement of public functions across levels of government has often been carried out poorly.

This book aims at providing a firmer conceptual basis for the re-arrangement of public functions across levels of government. In doing so, it also offers practical advice for policy makers from developing and emerging countries and development cooperation practitioners engaged in such activity. Combining a theoretical approach for inter-governmental...

English local government is in a state of decline after forty years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government.

This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact on the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state. The process of centralisation, and its corrosive impact on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this field. However, there has...

English local government is in a state of decline after forty years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government.

This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact on the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary state. The process of centralisation, and its corrosive impact on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this field. However, there has...

In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all fifty state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.

In an era of growing economic insecurity, it turns...

Town union governments are powerful agents of development through promoting peace, economic and environmental protection activities at the village community level in Eastern Nigeria. Igbo communities organize town unions as indigenous self-help community development associations without government influence as a platform for implementing development projects in their towns/villages. Recently Igbo State governments have begun recognizing town unions as an important tier of their governments along with the Council of Chiefs.

This book is a documentary of the author's experience as...

A case study of the George M. Leader administration in Pennsylvania, 1955-1959--with particular reference to the administrative rather than the political changes that took place during that period--this book is a valuable addition to the literature on state government.

Governor Leader was more active in the reorganization of the central staff services in Pennsylvania than any governor since the 1920s.The most significant changes resulted from the establishment of an Office of Administration within the governor's office. This department embraced a number of staff and operating...