TY - BOOK AU - Brace,Paul AU - Weber,Ronald E. TI - American state and local politics: directions for the 21st century SN - 1566430712 AV - JK2408 .A683 1999 U1 - 351.73 21 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Chatham House Publishers, Seven Bridges Press KW - Local government KW - United States KW - State governments N1 - American Window; Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-348) and index; 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 ER -