This book introduces students to the complex landscape of state-local intergovernmental relations today.
The ninth edition of State and Local Government in a Federal System continues the tradition of comprehensive coverage, providing teachers with choices that are suitable to either two- or three-unit courses with emphasis on local or state ...
Competition Among States and Local Governments: Efficiency and Equity in American Federalism
State and Local Government in a Federal System
The text focuses on the increased capacity of state and local government roles in the federal system, offering a perspective on history and the current political climate.
These are concentrated in far-north Queensland, including the Torres Strait Islands and the Northern Territory. Substantial parts of the country remain unincorporated – that is, without any form of elected local government in the ...
With this dual system of federalism, the national government held the powers of war, taxation, and commerce, and the ability to pass the laws necessary to uphold these functions.
American Government 3e
Joseph F. Zimmerman. 148. Oregon Laws of1969, chap. 494; Oregon Revised Statutes, §§199.410– 199.514. Consult Orval Etter, “Boundary Control in Oregon: The Commissions' Role,” National Civic Review 62, November 1973, pp. 539–42, 547.
In this text, the authors present current information on states and localities. Similarities between states make meaningful comparison possible. But their differences, in terms of institutional structures, laws and regulations,...