The Psychological Consequences of Anti-Gay Politics
When, in 1992, the citizens of Colorado ratified an amendment stripping the gay community of protection from discrimination, the vote divided the state. This book seeks to examine the psychological impact of anti-gay legislation on the gay community.
Harding to Eisenhower-A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics
The first volume of America at the Polls covers elections from Warren G. Harding's landslide in 1920 through Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. The front section contains national summary tables of the state-by-state and Electoral College vote for each election. A chapter for each state follows, beginning with a summary of the statewide vote and Electoral College, a county outline map, and the county-by-county details of each election. Sizable votes for third party candicates are also provided, as are summaries of presidential elections.
Over the years local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas in the United States.
Over 500 Answers to Questions About the History, Government, Elections, and More
CQAEs Desk Reference on the States is the ideal reference source for all readers who want a better understanding of state government. The book covers more than 500 questions students and citizens are likely to ask about state government. Organized in sections on the governorship, legislature, and court systems as well as elections and basic functions, readers can find the information they seek via either the table of contents or through the detailed subject index. The bookAEs Q&A format make it an ideal volume to browse. Readers will be amazed at the variety of questions and answers that will help them to better understand their federal system in which the states play the key role. ''''''''
By tracing the 400-year evolution of the legal, political and operational dimensions of American federalism and its intergovernmental relationships, the author presents a clear view of the difficulties confronting this form of governance. Both a history of American federalism and an analysis of its current somewhat enfeebled condition, this updated edition identifies the decline of the federalist ideal with the emergence of activist government in the 1960s and its persistence despite attempted retrenchment up to the present administration. In the face of the centralizing tendencies and the overload of public expectations on the current, conflicted system, Walker argues that the rebirth of an authentic federalism based on the reformulation of traditional precepts has become a fundamental requirement for the national government to confront the challenges of the post-Cold War era.
ISBN-13: 9781566430746
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
This text brings together a team of scholars from state and local government and politics to provide an array of viewpoints on the impact in the US of major institutional changes in the states and localities since the 1970s. The contributors discuss the status of state and local government practices and point out the challenges facing officials as they enter the next millennium. The book is aimed at upper-level undergraduates.
ISBN-13: 9781566430715
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
This is the fifth updated edition of Morgan's study and analysis of urban management in America. First issued in 1980, many of the same problems are found to be facing public officials today - fiscal stress, doing more with less, productivity enhancement, privatization, cutback management, retrenchment, and economic development are still very much ......
ISBN-13: 9781566430654
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS Imprint: CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLISHERS INC.,U.S.
This book presents persuasive arguments in support of public service and those who work within it. Clearly, some services should come under government control: public safety, highways, armed and emergency service, water, sewage, parks, schools. Others, however, are operating in answer to problems that society fails to solve. The public sector ......
How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government
Presents a comprehensive portrait of the local heroes - front-line public servants and middle managers - who are reinventing state and local government. Based on a study of more than 200 successful government innovations, this book offers a large-scale, systematic analysis of innovation in American government.
