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A policy-focused approach to understanding the role of interest groups in US municipal governments. Local politics in the United States once seemed tranquil compared to the divisiveness and dysfunction of the country's national politics. Those days have...

During the 1990s, the structure of local government in Scotland and Wales was completely reorganised by Acts of Parliament. Under other legislation, and in response to recommendations from the Local Government Commission, there was a partial...

There is a large and growing literature on Turkish politics in general, and the AKP in particular. However, local government and party organization, although very important topics, are strikingly understudied. This book compares local politics in two...

In Japan, the main local administrative affairs are traditionally allotted to prefectures and municipalities, while communal disposal systems, fire-fighting and regional development takes secondary importance. However, two new changes to the frame of...

In November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide. Bill de Blasio's promise to end the 'Tale of Two Cities' had struck a chord among ordinary residents still struggling to recover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615889085Author Lauren DysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Code for America PressPublisher Code for America PressWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm)...

The Top of the Arc focuses on how local goverments and the people the serve can cocreate exceptional communities through innovation, collaboration, and adaptation. 

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Originally published in 1958, as a third edition in 1967, and revised fourth edition in 1974, this established text discusses the challenges of physical and regional geography to planners and studies the relationship between geography, economics and...

At the time of the publication of this book in its fourth edition in 1969, Ireland was alone globally in having experienced a decline of population for more than a century. National movements in Wales and Scotland made the story of the Irish Republic's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439926710Author Professor Mirya R HolmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439926703Author Professor Mirya R HolmanFormat HardbackPage Count 270Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.

Nebraska Government and Politics offers an in-depth examination of the connection between the political culture, traditions, and heritage of Nebraska and its governmental institutions. This new edition discusses federalism, constitutionalism, and the...

Originally published in 1976, this book examines how and why local government reforms came about and what influences, pressures and compromises were involved. At the time of publication it provided the most detailed account so far of the process by which...

Originally published in 1982, this book was the first comprehensive, critical assessment of the outcome of the controversial reorganisation of British local government outside London which took place between 1973 and 1975. The book deals with the new...

This book presents a study and analysis of the local governance (Panchayati Raj) in India. Local governance is a necessary condition for maturation of political and economic democracy. It undermines the vestiges of political authoritarianism and extends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030430Author Sasha AbramskyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type Books

Originally published in 1961, this book became widely used as a textbook, as an important source of primary data on British government expenditure statistics and as the point of departure for further empirical and analytical studies of the behaviour of...

First Published in 1952, The Local Government Service describes in general terms the character and extent of the tasks which the body of public servants employed by the local authorities is called upon to perform. Part I comprises a general survey; Part...

This third edition of West Virginia Politics and Government offers a recent study of the changing dynamics of politics in the Mountain State. Since the publication of the second edition, West Virginia has gone from marginally blue to definitely red in...

Originally published in 1985, this book was a study of one example of an all-purpose, unitary, borough council in the UK. It covers the years since the democratization of the borough councils in 1835, through the attainment of county borough status in...