The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government covers the main areas of study in subnational politics by exploring the central contributions to the comparative study of institutions, behaviour, and policy in the American context.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- I. Introduction
- I. Introduction
- 1: Donald P. Haider-Markel: Sub-National Political Science
- 2: John Dinan: Relations between State and National Governments
- 3: Robert Agranoff: Relations between Local and National Governments
- 4: Carol S. Weissert and Jessica Ice: Relations between State and Local Governments
- II. Political Behavior in the States and Localities
- 5: Brady Baybeck: Local Political Participation
- 6: Carolyn Tolbert and William W. Franko: State Political Participation
- 7: Anthony Nownes: Local and State Interest Group Organizations
- 8: Joel W. Paddock: Local and State Political Parties
- 9: Timothy Krebs: Local Campaigns and Elections
- 10: William D. Hicks and Daniel A. Smith: State Campaigns and Elections
- III. State Political Institutions
- 11: John Kincaid: Early State History and Constitutions
- 12: Shawn Bowler and Todd Donovan: State Direct Democracy
- 13: Keith Hamm, Ronald D. Hedlund, and Nancy Martorano Miller: State Legislatures
- 14: Margaret Ferguson: State Executives
- 15: Chris Bonneau and Brent Boyea: State Courts
- 16: George A. Krause and Neil Woods: State Bureaucracy: Policy Delegation, Comparative Institutional Capacity, and Administrative Politics in the American States
- V. Local Political Institutions
- 17: Megan Mullin: Local Boundaries
- 18: Suzanne Leland and Holly Whisman: Local Legislatures
- 19: Richard C. Feiock and Jungah Bae: Local Executives
- 20: Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.: Local Courts
- 21: Kelly M. LeRoux: Local Bureaucracy
- VI. Sub-National Public Policy Processes
- 22: Zoltan Hajnal: The Context of Local Policymaking
- 23: Robert C. Lowery: The Context of State Policy Policymaking
- 24: William G. Jacoby and Saundra K. Schneider: State Policy and Democratic Representation
- 25: Christine Kelleher Palus, Villanova University: Local Policy and Democratic Representation
- VII. Sub-National Public Policies
- 26: James Garand, Justin Ulrich, and Ping Xu: Fiscal Policy
- 27: Paul Brace: Economic Development Policy (local and state)
- 28: Paul Manna: Education Policy
- 29: Mark Carl Rom: Social Welfare Policy
- 30: Charles Barrilleaux: Health Care Policy
- 31: Garrick Percival: Criminal Justice Policy (and policing)
- 32: Alesha Doan: Morality Policy
- 33: Michael D. Jones, Elizabeth A. Shanahan and Lisa J. Hammer: Environmental Policy
- 34: Paul Teske and Colin Provost: Regulatory Policy
- 35: Richard Fording and John Poe: Policies Towards Minority Populations
- VIII. Conclusion
- 36: Fred Boehmke and Regina P. Branton: Sub-National Politics: A Methodological Perspective
- 37: Bertram Johnson: Sub-National Politics: A National Political Perspective
- 38: Nicole Bolleyer: Sub-National Politics: A Comparative Perspective
- 39: Donald P. Haider-Markel: The Future of Sub-National Political Research