State and Local Government - Hardcover

Bowman, Ann O'M.; Kearney, Richard C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395730414 ISBN 13: 9780395730416

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic), 1996

Synopsis

As one of the best-selling mainstream texts, the sixth edition of Bowman/Kearney continues to provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of state and local institutions, political behaviour and policy-making. Comparative advantages of the text include its strong policy orientation, and its unifying theme of the increased capacity and responsibility of state and local government. One of the major goals of the text is to foster continuing student interest and involvement in state and local politics and policy. The sixth edition is fully updated to reflect the most recent policy responses to the challenges facing today's state and local governments.

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Review:

Bowman and Kearney's "State and Local Government" reflects some of the most important current research and trends in the field.

Synopsis:

This text provides comprehensive coverage of state and local institutions, political behaviour, and policymaking. It incorporates a unifying theme - the increased capacity and responsibilty of state and local government - to organize material. One of its major goals is to foster continuing student interest and involvement in state and local politics and policy. The text has several main features including a comprehensive examination of state and local governments. This explains their structure and history as well as their function in the current political scene. The text also has a unifying theme - that state and local governments are resurgent. They have a greater capacity to play central roles in the American federal system than ever before because they have been responding to difficult economic times by experimenting with innovative and creative solutions. "Problem-solving" boxes show state and local officials tackling tough public problems with creative responses and solutions to such everyday issues as the need for more efficient delivery of services and better use of people in the government.

Continued emphasis is also placed on the comparative presentation of states and localities - there is no regional or ideological bias, with emphasis on intergovernmental relations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0395730414
• ISBN 13: 9780395730416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576