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City–County Consolidation
Although a frequently discussed reform, campaigns to merge a major municipality and county to form a unified government fail to win voter approval eighty per cent of the time. One …
Ten Thousand Democracies
The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States, citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent …
School's In
For most of the history of the United States, citizens and elected officials alike considered elementary and secondary education to be the quintessential state and local function. …
Pathways of Power
While civics textbooks describe an idealized model of "how a bill becomes law;" journalists often emphasize special interest lobbying and generous campaign contributions to …
Lessons of Disaster
Even before the wreckage of a disaster is cleared, one question is foremost in the minds of the public: "What can be done to prevent this from happening again?" Today, news media …
Managing the Fiscal Metropolis
"Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities" is an important book. This first comprehensive analysis of the financial …
Medical Governance
Governments throughout the industrialized world make decisions that fundamentally affect the quality and accessibility of medical care. In the United States, despite the absence of …
The Congressional Budget Office
Created in 1974, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking. A critical component of our system of checks and …
Policy Entrepreneurs and School Choice
Rapid and controversial, the spread of school choice initiatives across the United States has radically changed political debate about public education. In this book, Michael …
How Governments Privatize
Governments throughout the world confront enormous challenges when divesting. Whether it is poor-performing bank loans in Japan and Korea, military bases in the United States, or …
Collaborative Public Management
Local governments do not stand alone - they find themselves in new relationships not only with state and federal government, but often with a widening spectrum of other public and …
Metropolitan Governance
"Metropolitan Governance" is the first book to bring together competing perspectives on the question and consequences of centralized vs. decentralized regional government. …