American Democracy Now, 2nd Edition (Harrison)Chapter 18:
State and Local GovernmentChapter SummaryIn its analysis of the 87,000-plus state and local government entities, this chapter explains the following:
- Citizen engagement through the use of direct democratic devices such as open meeting laws and ballot measures
- The common principles and structures of state constitutions and local charters
- The diversity in political cultures, people, and resources affecting state and local government policymaking
- Budgeting concepts and processes of state and local governments
- State and local government intergovernmental relations with the federal government
- The institutions of state government, as opposed to the federal government
- The general-purpose and single-purpose local government forms
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