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Informationen zum Autor Donald P. Haider-Markel is Professor of political science at the University of Kansas. His research and teaching is focused on the representation of interests in the policy process and the dynamics between public opinion and policy. He has authored or co-authored over 45 refereed articles, multiple book chapters, and several books in a range of issue areas, including the environment, religion and the culture wars, civil rights, criminal justice, and terrorism. He has been recipient or co-recipient of grants from the EPA STAR program, the National Science Foundation, and the American Psychological Foundation. Klappentext The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government covers the main areas of study in subnational politics by exploring the central contributions to the comparative study of institutions, behaviour, and policy in the American context. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government is an historic undertaking. It contains a wide range of essays that define the important questions in the field, evaluate where we are in answering them, and set the direction and terms of discourse for future work. The Handbook will have a substantial influence in defining the field for years to come. The chapters critically assess both the key works of state and local politics literature and the ways in which the sub-field has developed. It covers the main areas of study in subnational politics by exploring the central contributions to the comparative study of institutions, behavior, and policy in the American context. Each chapter outlines an agenda for future research. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction I. Introduction 1: Donald P. Haider-Markel: Sub-National Political Science 2: John Dinan: Relations between State and National Governments 3: Robert Agranoff: Relations between Local and National Governments 4: Carol S. Weissert and Jessica Ice: Relations between State and Local Governments II. Political Behavior in the States and Localities 5: Brady Baybeck: Local Political Participation 6: Carolyn Tolbert and William W. Franko: State Political Participation 7: Anthony Nownes: Local and State Interest Group Organizations 8: Joel W. Paddock: Local and State Political Parties 9: Timothy Krebs: Local Campaigns and Elections 10: William D. Hicks and Daniel A. Smith: State Campaigns and Elections III. State Political Institutions 11: John Kincaid: Early State History and Constitutions 12: Shawn Bowler and Todd Donovan: State Direct Democracy 13: Keith Hamm, Ronald D. Hedlund, and Nancy Martorano Miller: State Legislatures 14: Margaret Ferguson: State Executives 15: Chris Bonneau and Brent Boyea: State Courts 16: George A. Krause and Neil Woods: State Bureaucracy: Policy Delegation, Comparative Institutional Capacity, and Administrative Politics in the American States V. Local Political Institutions 17: Megan Mullin: Local Boundaries 18: Suzanne Leland and Holly Whisman: Local Legislatures 19: Richard C. Feiock and Jungah Bae: Local Executives 20: Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.: Local Courts 21: Kelly M. LeRoux: Local Bureaucracy VI. Sub-National Public Policy Processes 22: Zoltan Hajnal: The Context of Local Policymaking 23: Robert C. Lowery: The Context of State Policy Policymaking 24: William G. Jacoby and Saundra K. Schneider: State Policy and Democratic Representation 25: Christine Kelleher Palus, Villanova University: Local Policy and Democratic Representation VII. Sub-National Public Policies 26: James Garand, Justin Ulrich, and Ping Xu: Fiscal Policy 27: Paul Brace: Economic Development Policy (local and state) 28: Paul Manna: Education Policy 29: Mark Carl Rom: Social Welfare Policy 30: Charles Barrilleaux: Health Care Policy 31: Garrick Percival: Criminal Justice Policy (and policing) 32: Alesha Doan: M...
