Regional, state and other local government

Southern-style politics was one of those peculiar institutions that differentiated the South from other American regions.

In a time of increasing campaign costs and decreasing state political party activity, legislative party campaign committees have grown to play a major role in the politics of elections in a large number of American states.

This comprehensive studyan honorable mention in the 1971 Frederick Jackson Turner Award competition traces the emergence and development of the Republican and Federalist party organizations in Virginia and shows how the old oligarchic system based on wealth, influence, and social prestige remained strong in that state after the formation of the new nation.

Die Geschichtswissenschaft wirft derzeit mit Hilfe verschiedener Historikerkommissionen einen zweiten Blick auf die personellen und institutionellen Kontinuitäten und Brüche im Nachkriegsdeutschland.

This book assesses the role of urban ethnic groups, particularly in terms of the rise of the Democratic Party to national predominance between 1928 and 1932.

Erstmals stieß der Autor auf Jürgen Habermas’ Ideale Sprechsituation am Ende seines Soziologie- und Politikstudiums.

Spanning most of the years of the one-party South, the public career of Virginian Claude A.

In a world experiencing unprecedented urbanization and drastic climate change, there is immense demand for creative solutions to the environmental, social, and economic obstacles faced by burgeoning cities in the developing world.

This book outlines the ways that disabled women experience unwanted touching and intrusive questions when navigating public space.

How do governments select the right people for public service?

This book outlines the ways that disabled women experience unwanted touching and intrusive questions when navigating public space.

Oswald von Nell-Breuning hat über Jahrzehnte die deutsche Sozialpolitik kritisch kommentiert und konstruktiv begleitet.

"Es gibt keine reichen Engel!

Our world stands at a critical crossroads.

Our world stands at a critical crossroads.

This book presents a critical analysis of the language surrounding Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), demonstrating how discourse can both sustain harm and serve as a catalyst for healing and change.

This book presents a critical analysis of the language surrounding Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), demonstrating how discourse can both sustain harm and serve as a catalyst for healing and change.

This book provides a theoretically informed, empirically grounded account of the origin, expansion, and institutionalization of the EU's action against food poverty and severe material deprivation.

This book provides a theoretically informed, empirically grounded account of the origin, expansion, and institutionalization of the EU's action against food poverty and severe material deprivation.

This timely and thought-provoking book argues that public sector innovation ameliorates many societal challenges in Southern Africa, demonstrating how innovative practices are already improving service delivery and addressing governance gaps.

This book, Sustainable Urban Evolution, delves into the transformative potential of the 15-minute city concept, an innovative urban planning model crafted to address pressing issues like urban sprawl, environmental sustainability, resilience, and the demand for livable cities.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of social welfare system in a rentier state, Qatar, tracing its evolution and institutional development.

Bildung sollte ein individuell begründetes Selbst- und Weltverhältnis ermöglichen.

This book features selected chapters from the proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Conference on Intangibles (TAKE), held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2024.

This book features selected chapters from the proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Conference on Intangibles (TAKE), held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2024.

Tensions in the Territorial Politics of Western Europe (1987) examines the massive postwar increase in European government intervention, a major element being the development of welfare services provided by sub-central units of government.

First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level.

First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level.

In post-Civil War years agriculture in Mississippi, as elsewhere, was in a depressed condition.

This is a study of Kentucky political parties: how they are organized and how they nominate and elect candidates.

In the grim decades after the Civil War, Southerners dreamed of industrial growth and agricultural diversification.

It is widely appreciated that policies, however carefully formulated, too often fall down at the implementation stage.

It is widely appreciated that policies, however carefully formulated, too often fall down at the implementation stage.

This book examines the background and impact of e-government in rural Bangladesh.

Corporate domination of public policy during the Reagan years resulted not only in increasing inequality and deteriorating living standards for millions of Americans, but in a diminution in the capacity of government to solve basic problems that are not amenable to market-oriented solutions.

This book examines the background and impact of e-government in rural Bangladesh.

Corporate domination of public policy during the Reagan years resulted not only in increasing inequality and deteriorating living standards for millions of Americans, but in a diminution in the capacity of government to solve basic problems that are not amenable to market-oriented solutions.

This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.

This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.

This book demonstrates to the world by a series of replicable case studies, how the Indo-Pacific developmental initiatives of QUAD, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others can be implemented using the design of "e;Core Digital Economic Communities"e; within the 21 megacities that form Indo pacific megacity system and outside with independent country strategies to engage with these megacity systems where "e;Peripheral Digital Economic Communities"e; are located.

This book demonstrates to the world by a series of replicable case studies, how the Indo-Pacific developmental initiatives of QUAD, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others can be implemented using the design of "e;Core Digital Economic Communities"e; within the 21 megacities that form Indo pacific megacity system and outside with independent country strategies to engage with these megacity systems where "e;Peripheral Digital Economic Communities"e; are located.

This innovative and timely book critically explores and demonstrates how both the tourism system and tourism destinations can adapt and act to mitigate, avoid, or solve injustices in destinations.

This book analyzes the evolution of our polity in the last seven decades by examining the developments in the economy, political events, and changing judicial perceptions.

This edited collection sheds light on an under-researched and often misconceived form of prison life, that of prisoner leadership.

This edited collection sheds light on an under-researched and often misconceived form of prison life, that of prisoner leadership.

This book systematically explores the lives and varied experiences of older people in South Africa.

This book systematically explores the lives and varied experiences of older people in South Africa.

This book is a collection of six essays by the authors on conflicts around water.

Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, this book discusses the fiscal consequences of get tough approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options.