Local Politics: a Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots
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| 505 | 8 | |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Study of Local Politics: Why We Bother and How We Go About It; Why Study Local Politics?; Know Your "City Limits"; A Practical Approach; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part I The Environment of Local Politics: Characteristics of Urban Places; 2 The Environment of Local Politics: The Geographic, Demographic, and Economic Contexts; The Basics: Setting, Size, Density, and Diversity; The Political Economy of Urban Places; The Social Psychology of Urban Life | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Environment of Local PoliticsA Glossary of Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 3 The Evolution of Urban Places: Where People Live and Why; Urbanization: The Move to the Cities; Suburbanization: The Move to the Periphery; The Impact of Suburbanization: Segregation and Inequity; The Move to the Sunbelt: New Urban Forms; Population Trends in the 1990s and 2000s; The Evolution of Urban Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 4 The Intergovernmental Environment of Local Politics: Creatures of the States and Supplicants of the Federal Government | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Types and Tasks of Local GovernmentThe Creation of Local Governments; How Local Governments Are Organized: Charters; How States Create Local Growth Machines; The States and Local Government Finance; States' Rights: The Bottom Line; Federal-Local Government Relations; The Intergovernmental Context of Local Politics; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part II Official Decision Makers: Inside City Hall; 5 Forms of Government: From Weak Mayors and Machines to the Beginnings of Reform; The Weak Mayor Form of Government; Bosses and Machines: Coping with Fragmentation | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The First Reform: The Strong Mayor Form of GovernmentChange and Reform; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 6 Reform Politics: The City-Manager Form of Government and Beyond; The Reformers and Their Agenda; Reforming Elections: The Pursuit of the Common Good; Taking Politics out of Government: The City-Manager System; The Consequences of Reform: The Bias of "Good Government"; Counterreform: Back to the Future; The Distribution of Forms of Government; Counties, School Districts, and Other Local Governments; Filling the Forms; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7 Legislators and Executives: The Balance of PowerLocal Legislators: Representation Without Power?; Managers: Authority Without Accountability?; Mayors: Leadership Without Authority?; Converging Forms: Representation, Administration, and Leadership; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 8 Bureaucracy: The Rest of the Iceberg; Building the Iceberg: Patronage versus Civil Service; The Nature and Inherent Powers of Bureaucracy; The Practical Powers of Bureaucracy; Public Employee Unions and Bureaucratic Power; Managing Bureaucracies; Public Administration and Politics; Why Be a Bureaucrat? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, ""Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots"" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical pol | |
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| contents | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Study of Local Politics: Why We Bother and How We Go About It; Why Study Local Politics?; Know Your "City Limits"; A Practical Approach; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part I The Environment of Local Politics: Characteristics of Urban Places; 2 The Environment of Local Politics: The Geographic, Demographic, and Economic Contexts; The Basics: Setting, Size, Density, and Diversity; The Political Economy of Urban Places; The Social Psychology of Urban Life The Environment of Local PoliticsA Glossary of Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 3 The Evolution of Urban Places: Where People Live and Why; Urbanization: The Move to the Cities; Suburbanization: The Move to the Periphery; The Impact of Suburbanization: Segregation and Inequity; The Move to the Sunbelt: New Urban Forms; Population Trends in the 1990s and 2000s; The Evolution of Urban Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 4 The Intergovernmental Environment of Local Politics: Creatures of the States and Supplicants of the Federal Government Types and Tasks of Local GovernmentThe Creation of Local Governments; How Local Governments Are Organized: Charters; How States Create Local Growth Machines; The States and Local Government Finance; States' Rights: The Bottom Line; Federal-Local Government Relations; The Intergovernmental Context of Local Politics; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part II Official Decision Makers: Inside City Hall; 5 Forms of Government: From Weak Mayors and Machines to the Beginnings of Reform; The Weak Mayor Form of Government; Bosses and Machines: Coping with Fragmentation The First Reform: The Strong Mayor Form of GovernmentChange and Reform; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 6 Reform Politics: The City-Manager Form of Government and Beyond; The Reformers and Their Agenda; Reforming Elections: The Pursuit of the Common Good; Taking Politics out of Government: The City-Manager System; The Consequences of Reform: The Bias of "Good Government"; Counterreform: Back to the Future; The Distribution of Forms of Government; Counties, School Districts, and Other Local Governments; Filling the Forms; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes 7 Legislators and Executives: The Balance of PowerLocal Legislators: Representation Without Power?; Managers: Authority Without Accountability?; Mayors: Leadership Without Authority?; Converging Forms: Representation, Administration, and Leadership; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 8 Bureaucracy: The Rest of the Iceberg; Building the Iceberg: Patronage versus Civil Service; The Nature and Inherent Powers of Bureaucracy; The Practical Powers of Bureaucracy; Public Employee Unions and Bureaucratic Power; Managing Bureaucracies; Public Administration and Politics; Why Be a Bureaucrat? Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, ""Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots"" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical pol |
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| spelling | Christensen, Terry Verfasser aut Local Politics a Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots Terry Christensen and Tom Hogen-Esch Second edition Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY Routledge 2015 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Vendor-supplied metadata Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Study of Local Politics: Why We Bother and How We Go About It; Why Study Local Politics?; Know Your "City Limits"; A Practical Approach; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part I The Environment of Local Politics: Characteristics of Urban Places; 2 The Environment of Local Politics: The Geographic, Demographic, and Economic Contexts; The Basics: Setting, Size, Density, and Diversity; The Political Economy of Urban Places; The Social Psychology of Urban Life The Environment of Local PoliticsA Glossary of Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 3 The Evolution of Urban Places: Where People Live and Why; Urbanization: The Move to the Cities; Suburbanization: The Move to the Periphery; The Impact of Suburbanization: Segregation and Inequity; The Move to the Sunbelt: New Urban Forms; Population Trends in the 1990s and 2000s; The Evolution of Urban Places; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 4 The Intergovernmental Environment of Local Politics: Creatures of the States and Supplicants of the Federal Government Types and Tasks of Local GovernmentThe Creation of Local Governments; How Local Governments Are Organized: Charters; How States Create Local Growth Machines; The States and Local Government Finance; States' Rights: The Bottom Line; Federal-Local Government Relations; The Intergovernmental Context of Local Politics; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; Part II Official Decision Makers: Inside City Hall; 5 Forms of Government: From Weak Mayors and Machines to the Beginnings of Reform; The Weak Mayor Form of Government; Bosses and Machines: Coping with Fragmentation The First Reform: The Strong Mayor Form of GovernmentChange and Reform; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 6 Reform Politics: The City-Manager Form of Government and Beyond; The Reformers and Their Agenda; Reforming Elections: The Pursuit of the Common Good; Taking Politics out of Government: The City-Manager System; The Consequences of Reform: The Bias of "Good Government"; Counterreform: Back to the Future; The Distribution of Forms of Government; Counties, School Districts, and Other Local Governments; Filling the Forms; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes 7 Legislators and Executives: The Balance of PowerLocal Legislators: Representation Without Power?; Managers: Authority Without Accountability?; Mayors: Leadership Without Authority?; Converging Forms: Representation, Administration, and Leadership; Essential Terms; On the Internet; Notes; 8 Bureaucracy: The Rest of the Iceberg; Building the Iceberg: Patronage versus Civil Service; The Nature and Inherent Powers of Bureaucracy; The Practical Powers of Bureaucracy; Public Employee Unions and Bureaucratic Power; Managing Bureaucracies; Public Administration and Politics; Why Be a Bureaucrat? Unlike most competing texts that are densely written and heavily theoretical, with little flavor of political life, this book is a readable, jargon-free introduction to real-life local politics for today's students. While it encompasses local government and politics in cities and towns across America, ""Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots"" gives special attention to the politics of suburbia, where many students live, and encourages them to become engaged in their own communities. The book is also distinguished by its strong emphasis on nuts-and-bolts practical pol POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration bisacsh Local government fast Local government United States USA Hogen-Esch, Tom 1968- Sonstige oth Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Christensen, Terry Local Politics: A Practical Guide to Governing at the Grassroots Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780765614407 |
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