Local Government category: 1701 books
by Phil Rae, Leonard Kalfayan, Michael Economides
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
New – 2nd Edition. Fully updated and revised!
Energy is the essence of life and the most important commodity that defines the modern world. Without access to affordable energy, the economic health of the planet and the survival of our civilization itself, are at risk. This is the...
by Melvin B. Hill, , Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
In The Georgia State Constitution, the authors offer a detailed description of the creation and development of Georgia's constitution. They explain how political and cultural events, from colonial times, through the Civil War, to the present, have affected Georgia's constitutional law. Accompanying...
State Constitutional Politics
Governing by Amendment in the American States
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Since the US Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended just twenty-seven times, with ten of those amendments coming in the first two years following ratification. By contrast, state constitutions have been completely rewritten on a regular basis, and the current documents have been...
by Eugene Marlow, Patricia O' Connor Wilson, Helen Marlow
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The Breakdown of Hierarchy explores the changes that have taken place in the second half of the 20th century and how organizations of all sizes can harness electronic media to open the lines of dialogue and corporate conversation. Never before published case studies of Honeywell, Motorola and Raychem...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through 100 Countries With the Beautiful Women, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating 100...
by Robson Fernando de Souza
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Está cada vez mais difícil de ignorar. Cada pedaço de carne, laticínio, ovo, frasco de mel, roupa de couro ou lã, bebida com corante carmim ou qualquer outro produto de origem animal que você consome é produzido e fornecido através de um sistema de inadmissíveis violências: a exploração...
Letters to a Little Black Girl
Letters, Poems, and Stories of Love and Guidance for Every Little Girl
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Uzoma Family Publications and Author Leila Lacey presents Letters to a Little Black Girl: Letters, Poems, and stories of Love and Guidance for every little Girl, an inspiring collection of narratives for girls, ages five to twenty-one.
The letters, poems, stories and scriptures were lovingly...
Artificial intelligence And life in 2030
Report Of The 2015 Study Panel
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This is the ebook version of the report. PDF version is accessible on Stanford website.
-Detailed "table of contents" was added
-Footnotes are bi-directional hyperlinks
-Reference links are clickable
Completing Our Streets
The Transition to Safe and Inclusive Transportation Networks
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Across the country, communities are embracing a new and safer way to build streets for everyone—even as they struggle to change decades of rules, practice, and politics that prioritize cars. They have discovered that changing the design of a single street is not enough: they must upend the way transportation...
by T. R. Fehrenbach
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The author of Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans explores the state’s unique mindset and culture.
Author T. R. Fehrenbach defines Texas as “a state of mind.” In The Seven Keys to Texas, he provides us with a seven-part framework for understanding this unique and ever-important...
by Royce Hanson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
A study of how civic culture shaped policy responses to the demographic and economic transformations of Dallas, Texas.
Trading Democracy for Justice
Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, and at a higher rate than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What’s more, they tend to come from just a few...
Representing Women
Sex, Gender, and Legislative Behavior in Arizona and California
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2003
Women in public office are often assumed to "make a difference" for women, as women--in other words, to represent their female constituents better than do their male counterparts. But is sex really an accurate predictor of a legislator's political choices and actions? In this book, Beth...
Politics in the American States
A Comparative Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
**Winner of the 2017 Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award of the APSA's State Politics and Policy Section.
Politics in the American States, Eleventh Edition**, brings together the high-caliber research you expect from this trusted text, with comprehensive and comparative analysis of the...