City Power

City Power
Author: Richard C. Schragger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0190246669

Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard Schragger challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that cities can and should pursue aims other than making themselves attractive to global capital. Using the municipal living wage movement as an example, Schragger explains why cities are well-positioned to address issues like income equality and how our institutions can be designed to allow them to do so.

Virginia Government

Virginia Government
Author: Liliokanaio Peaslee
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-10-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483321754

Equally at home as a companion to an introductory text or as a stand-alone resource, Virginia Government offers an excellent introduction to the political institutions, actors, and policy processes of the Old Dominion State. Paying special attention to the governing arrangements that make Virginia unique, from statewide city-county separation to a single-term governor to shifting electoral alignments, Peaslee and Swartz strike the perfect balance, combining necessary background and historical analysis with current events and policy issues to make the information relevant and engaging for today’s students. Grounded in the comparative method, the text provides useful comparisons with governing institutions, political processes, and public polices in other states and localities.

The Pig Book

The Pig Book
Author: Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2005-04-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780312343576

A compendium of the most ridiculous examples of Congress's pork-barrel spending.

Local Government Reform

Local Government Reform
Author: Brian Dollery
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781782543862

'Written by an impressive array of experts, this book surveys local government reforms in six advanced democracies, federal and unitary, which share a municipal legacy: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. . . The book has an excellent bibliography and will help open up a field heretofore noted for its insularity. Recommended.' - A.J. Ward, Choice

Local Government Reorganisation

Local Government Reorganisation
Author: Steve Leach
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1998
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780714648590

This volume attempts to respond to both the perspective of academic analysis and the highlighting of the lessons to be learned of the Local Government Review.