American state and local politics :  directions for the 21st century / 
edited by Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace. 
 - New York :  Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press,  c1999. 
 - xiv, 361 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> American Window 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-348) and index. 
<br/><br/>States and localities transformed / Ronald E. Weber and Paul Brace -- Devolution and challenge for state and local governance / Robert M. Stein -- Governors : their heritage and future / Nelson C. Dometrius -- The institutionalized legislature and the rise of the antipolitics era / Paul Brace and Daniel S. Ward -- Statehouse bureaucracy : institutional consistency in a changing environment / Charles Barrilleaux -- State judicial politics : rules, structures, and the political game / Melinda Gann Hall -- The embattled mayors and local executives / James H. Svara -- The resurgent city councils / Susan MacManus -- State and local parties in a candidate-centered age / John F. Bibby -- The opening up of state and local election processes / Charles S. Bullock III -- Interest representation in the states / Virginia Gray and David Lowery -- Policy change in the American states / Evan J. Ringquist and James C. Garand -- Policy change in American cities and counties / Elaine B. Sharpe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1566430712 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99006050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Local government--United States.<br/>State governments--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK2408  / .A683 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>351.73