MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007019221
003 DLC
005 20080508082548.0
008 070510s2007 dcuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007019221
020 $a9780872893795 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aJK2408$b.S57 2007
082 00 $a320.473$222
100 1 $aSmith, Kevin B.,$d1963-
245 10 $aGoverning states and localities /$cKevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt, Michele Mariani.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bCQ Press,$c2007.
300 $axxxv, 649 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 577-605) and index.
505 0 $aThey tax dogs in West Virginia, don't they? -- Federalism: the power plan -- Constitutions: operating instructions -- Political attitudes and participation: venting and voting -- Parties and interest groups: elephants, donkeys, and cash cows -- Legislatures: the art of herding cats -- Governors and executives: there is no such thing as absolute power -- Courts: turning law into politics -- Bureaucracy: what nobody wants but everybody needs -- Local government: function follows form -- Metropolitics: the hole problem of government -- Finance: filling the till and paying the bills -- Education: reading, writing, and regulation -- Crime and punishment -- Health and welfare: state, heal thyself!
650 0 $aState governments$zUnited States$vTextbooks.
650 0 $aLocal government$zUnited States$vTextbooks.
650 0 $aComparative government$vTextbooks.
700 1 $aGreenblatt, Alan.
700 1 $aMariani, Michele.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007019221.html