The Formation of American Local Governments: Private Values in Public Institutions

by Nancy Burns

Book Overview

Why have Americans created thousands of new local governments in recent years, a rate much higher than population increases demand? Conflicts over local power--the power to tax, to issue bonds, and to provide services--have produced solutions that are often as ruthless as they are resourceful.
The first text to illustrate the impact of creating new local governments, this compelling study provides an illuminating examination of the nature of local...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195090934
• ISBN13: 9780195090932
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"