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The Context for State and Local Politics Government | |
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New Directions for State and Local Government | |
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Studying State and Local Government in the 21st Century | |
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The Capacity of States and Localities | |
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The People: Designers and Consumers of Government Linking Capacity to Results | |
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Federalism and the States | |
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The Concept of Federalism | |
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The History of U.S. Federalism | |
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Intergovernmental Relations Models of Federalism | |
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Federal Purse Strings The Future of Federalism | |
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State Constitutions | |
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The Evolution of State Constitutions | |
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Weaknesses of Constitutions | |
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Constitutional Reform | |
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Methods for Constitutional | |
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Change State Responsiveness and Constitutional Reform | |
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Citizen Participation and Elections Participation Elections | |
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Election-Day Lawmaking Citizen Access to Government Volunteerism | |
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The Effects of Citizen Participation | |
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Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Campaigns | |
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Political Parties | |
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Interest Groups | |
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Political Campaigns | |
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The Institutions of State Government | |
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State Legislatures | |
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The Essence of Legislatures | |
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Legislative Dynamics | |
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Legislative Behavior | |
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Legislative Cue-Taking | |
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How a Bill Becomes a Law Legislative | |
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Reform and Capacity Relationship with the Executive Branch | |
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Legislatures and Capacity | |
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Governors | |
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The Office of Governor | |
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Being Governor: Duties and Responsibilities | |
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Formal Powers of the Governor | |
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Informal Powers Removal from Office | |
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Other Executive Branch Officials | |
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The Vigor of U.S. Governors | |
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Public Administration: Budgeting and Service Delivery | |
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Public Employees in State and Local Government: Who They Are, What They Do Budgeting in State and Local Government | |
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Personnel Policy in State and Local Government: From Patronage to Merit | |
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The Politics of Bureaucracy Reinventing Government | |
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The Quality of Public Administration | |
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The Judiciary | |
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The Structure of State Court Systems | |
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How Judges Are Selected Judicial Decisionmaking | |
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New Judicial Federalism State Court Reform | |
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Local Governments...and the States | |
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The Structure of Local Government Orientations to Communities | |
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County Government | |
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Municipal Government | |
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Towns and Townships | |
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Special Districts | |
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School Districts | |
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Communities and Governance | |
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Local Leadership and Governance Community Power | |
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Local Executives | |
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Local Legislatures Leadership and Capacity | |
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State-Local Relations | |
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The Distribution of Authority | |
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State-Local Organizations | |
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Metropolitics: A New Challenge for State Government | |
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States and Urban Policy | |
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States and their Rural Communities | |
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The Interaction of State and Local Governments | |
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State and Local Finance | |
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The Principles of Finance Revenues | |
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The Political Economy of Taxation Borrowing and Debt | |
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State and Local Financial Relations | |
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State and Local Finance at the Millennium | |
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Public Policy in States and Localities | |
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Economic Development | |
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Regional Differences in Economic Prosperity | |
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Approaches to Economic Development | |
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The Politics of Economic Development | |
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Current Initiatives Issues in Economic Development | |
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The Implications of Economic Development Policy | |
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Education Policy | |
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The Crisis in Education | |
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Intergovernmental Roles in Education | |
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Actors in Education Policy | |
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Educational Innovation in the States | |
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The Continuing Challenge of Public Education | |
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Criminal Justice | |
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How Much Crime Is There? | |
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Intergovernmental Roles in Criminal Justice | |
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Actors in Criminal Justice Policy | |
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How Policy Participants Interact: Two Policy Areas | |
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Correctional Policy | |
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Policy Alternatives for States and Localities | |
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The Continuing Challenge in Crime and Corrections | |
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Social Welfare and Health Care Policy | |
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The Meaning of Poverty Social Welfare and Ideology | |
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Current Social Welfare Policy | |
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Types of Social Welfare Programs | |
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State Innovations in Social Welfare Turning | |
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Welfare Checks into Paychecks | |
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Health Care | |
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Environmental Policy | |
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The Political Economy of Environmental Protection | |
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Intergovernmental Relationships in Environmental Policy | |
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Solid Waste Management: Garbage and What to Do with It | |
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Hazardous Waste: The Politics of Confusion | |
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Nuclear Waste: The Lingering Horror Environmental Justice | |