Local Government category: 1701 books
Suburban Crossroads
The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
The political debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the United States reached a pinnacle in 2006. When Congress failed to implement federal immigration reform, this spurred numerous local and state governments to confront immigration policy in their own jurisdictions. In fear of becoming...
Dams, Migration and Authoritarianism in China
The Local State in Yunnan
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Past studies on the Chinese state point towards the inherent adaptability, effectiveness and overall stability of authoritarian rule in China. The key question addressed here is how this adaptive capacity plays out at the local level in China, clarifying the extent to which local state actors are...
Takeover
Race, Education, and American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water supply and school affairs. However, once a state...
by Robert J. Pekkanen, Yutaka Tsujinaka, Hidehiro Yamamoto
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Although local neighborhood associations are found in many countries, Japan’s are distinguished by their ubiquity, scope of activities, and very high participation rates, making them important for the study of society and politics. Most Japanese belong to one local neighborhood association or another,...
Local Governance Innovation in China
Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Despite a centralized formal structure, Chinese politics and policy-making have long been marked by substantial degrees of regional and local variation and experimentation. These trends have, if anything, intensified as China’s reform matures. Though often remarked upon, the politicsof policy formation,...
El gobierno electrónico a nivel local
Experiencias, tendencias y reflexiones
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 3, 2013
En el marco de una clara necesidad de fortalecimiento democrático, las políticas públicas de gobierno electrónico, open data, transparencia y participación ciudadana aparecen cada vez más como un paso inevitable para los gobiernos locales.
Sin embargo, la gestión local posee particularidades...
Serving With Pride in the Public Eye
A Story About Striving for Success in Local Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
This book is about the difficulty of serving in local government. It’s about finding meaning in public service and developing a deep sense of pride in making a difference to the well being of our communities. I wrote this book to provide hope and guidance to my colleagues in administration and their...
by Elizabeth Anderson Lopez
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
California's government has a lot in common with the federal government. Both have a Constitution and three branches. Learn how these three levels of government—local, state, and federal—work together to make, enforce, and interpret the laws. This primary source reader details how California's...
The Political Economy of Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa
A New Implementation Model in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
For the past two decades, experiments in decentralization and federalization have been developing in Africa, Asia, and the formerly communist states of Eastern Europe. Many of the powers previously in the hands of the central government or its deconcentrated structures have been transferred to lower...
Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America
The Keys to City Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral trends in urban politics. Cities are facing varied predicaments. Boston was rocked by the bombing of the...
Patronage and Power
Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change. While many observers of Chinese...
by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This study was written before the new Local Government system was introduced in Pakistan in 2001. It analyzes various components of a City District and proposes how three provincial capitals might be converted into City Districts. The geographical and other features of Quetta, Peshawar and Lahore...
Citizens’ Hall
Making Local Democracy Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2001
Based on years of practical experience in small towns, Carrel argues for municipal autonomy—for turning what are now “colonies” of the federal and provincial orders of government into independent, mature, and fully democratic entities. For Carrel, the citizen is the sole legitimate source of...
by Arnold Fleischmann, Robert M. Howard, Richard N. Engstrom
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
By state law, graduates of public colleges and universities in Georgia must demonstrate proficiency with both the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. This widely used textbook helps students to satisfy that requirement, either in courses or by examination. This brief and affordable study aid begins with...