| PART ONE State and Local Government and Politics: An Introduction |
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| PART TWO State and Local Governments in the Federal System |
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| 1 Madison's View of Federalism in The Federalist FRANCIS R. GREENE |
| 2 National Center for Interstate Compacts JOHN J. MOUNTJOY |
| 3 Trends in Interstate Relations JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN |
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| PART THREE The Legal and Cultural Environment of State and Local Politics |
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| 4 State Constitutional Interpretation G. ALAN TARR |
| 5 State Bills of Rights: Dead or Alive? DOROTHY T. BEASLEY |
| 6 Municipal Charters LAWRENCE F. KELLER |
| 7 Marketplace, Commonwealth, and the Three Political Subcultures DANIEL J. ELAZAR |
| 8 Civic Culture and Government Performance in the American States TOM W. RICE and ALEXANDER F. SUMBERG |
| 9 Mapping the Genome of American Political Subcultures DAVID Y. MILLER, DAVID C. BARKER, and CHRISTOPHER J. CARMAN |
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| PART FOUR Political Participation and Elections |
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| 10 Election Systems and Voter Turnout SHAUN BOWLER, DAVID BROCKINGTON, and TODD DONOVAN |
| 11 Cumulative Voting as an Alternative to Districting ROBERT BRISCHETTO |
| 12 Success for Instant Runoff Voting in San Francisco STEVEN HILL and ROBERT RICHIE |
| 13 The Oregon Voting Revolution DON HAMILTON |
| 14 The Nuts and Bolts of Public Financing of State Candidate Campaigns CRAIG B. HOLMAN |
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| PART FIVE Political Parties and Interest Groups |
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| 15 What Color is Montana? WALTER KIRN |
| 16 First Among Thirds GREG SARGENT |
| 17 Interest Groups and Journalists in the States CHRISTOPHER A. COOPER, ANTHONY J NOWNES, and MARTIN JOHNSON |
| 18 Perceptions of Power: Interest Groups in Local Politics CHRISTOPHER A. COOPER, ANTHONY J NOWNES, and STEVEN ROBERTS |
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| PART SIX Executive Leadership in State and Local Government |
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| 19 Chief Executive Success in the Legislative Arena MARGARET ROBERTSON FERGUSON |
| 20 An Institutionalist Perspective on Mayoral Leadership CRAIG M. WHEELAND |
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| PART SEVEN Legislative Institutions and Politics |
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| 21 I Spent a Winter in Politics STEWART BLEDSOE |
| 22 Measuring State Legislative Professionalism PEVERILL SQUIRE |
| 23 Colorado's Term Limits: Consequences, Yes. But Were They Intended? JOHN A. STRAAYER |
| 24 Playing the Political Game KATE WILTROUT |
| 25 Being a Township Trustee Isn't a White-Collar Job BRIAN WILLIAMS |
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| PART EIGHT Bureaucracy, Bureaucrats, and Administrators |
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| 26 Beyond Bureaucracy with Charter Agencies JIM CHRISINGER and BABAK ARMAJANI |
| 27 Does Age Matter? Local Governments in the Post-Baby Boom Era TODD TUCKER |
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| PART NINE State and Local Court Systems |
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| 28 Judicial Selection and State Court Performance DAMAN CANN |
| 29 The Miracle of Jury Reform in New York JAMES P. LEVINE and STEVEN ZEIDMAN |
| 30 Small-Town Justice, With Trial and Error WILLIAM GLABERSON |
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| PART TEN State and Local Finances |
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| 31 Budget Balancing Tactics SUJIT M. CANAGARETNA |
| 32 Rolling the Dice BRUCE BUCHANAN |
| 33 Tax Increment Financing RICHARD F. DYE and DAVID F. MERRIMAN |
