Urban State Local Government category: 441 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Local government can be defined as a public entity acting as the sub-unit of a state or of a region, charged with the task of enforcing public policies. There have been many reforms of local government in recent years from the grassroots-led movement that took root in the 90’s to the overarching effects...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
In the era of globalization, comparative government and politics have come to the forefront due to the transformations of the social welfare state and the subsequent social, economic, political, cultural, technological and administrative changes. Taking a particular look at local government systems can...
Greening Local Government
Legal Strategies for Promoting Sustainability, Efficiency, and Fiscal Savings
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
This volume is a compilation of essays and research related to the rapidly changing dynamics of emerging government-focused sustainability efforts at the state and local levels. Specifically, the book explores the level of experimentation taking place by governments in their quest to become more "green."...
The Poverty Industry
The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The shocking truth about how state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social safety net
Government aid doesn’t always go where it’s supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused and neglected...
by Clayton P. Gillette
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Driving Efficiency in Local Government Using a Collaborative Enterprise Architecture Framework
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
The overall functions of a government impact a wide range of sectors in society. It is imperative for governments to work at full capacity and potential in order to ensure quality progress for its citizens. Driving Efficiency in Local Government Using a Collaborative Enterprise Architecture Framework:...
Local Governments in Multilevel Governance
The Administrative Dimension
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Local governments serve their communities in many diversified ways as they increasingly engage in multiple connections: international, regional, regional-local, with nongovernmental organizations and through external nongovernmental services county actors. The book discusses how the shift in emphasis...
Everyday Law on the Street
City Governance in an Age of Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Toronto prides itself on being “the world’s most diverse city,” and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed to promote social inclusion. Yet this progressive vision of law often falls short in practice, limited by problems inherent in the...
Sword and Shield
A Practical Approach to Section 1983 Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Section 1983 claims are as
legally and factually complex as ever. Every official policy or conduct of state
government is potentially subject to a suit on some constitutional or statutory
theory of liability – such as tracing the lines of authority that set forth the
parameters for an illegal search...
Coordinating the Criminal Justice System
A Guide to Improve the Effective Administration of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function. It may also be of special interest to citizens and public...
Snob Zones
Fear, Prejudice, and Real Estate
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
An exploration of the corrosive effects of overpriced housing, exclusionary zoning, and the flight of the younger population in the Northeast
Winner of the 2014 Bruss Silver Award and First-Time Author Award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors
Towns with strict zoning...
Toward an Ethic of Citizenship
Creating a Culture of Democracy for the 21St Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2000
The idea for this book arose out of a little known political scandal, known as "phonegate", that occurred in Minnesota in the early 1990's in which a number of legislators were found to have been abusing their phone privileges. The hubris of the legislature in response to the discovery of...
Enterprise of Law
Justice Without the State
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In the minds of many, the provision of justice and security has long been linked to the state. To ask whether non-state institutions could deliver those services on their own, without the aid of coercive taxation and a monopoly franchise, runs the risk of being branded as naive anarchism or dangerous...
by Lawyer Texas
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2019
A Local Practice Guide for Attorneys
Procedures and Forms for Local, State and Federal Courts in Harris County
With contributions from: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston,
Jefferson,Liberty, and Montgomery counties
A Joint Project of the
Houston Young Lawyers...