The Local State - Public Money and American Cities

With the United States on the way to becoming an almost completely urban nation, the financing of cities has become an issue of great urgency; put simply, American cities do not have enough money. This book examines the role of local fiscal policies and fiscal politics in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.

Summary

With the United States on the way to becoming an almost completely urban nation, the financing of cities has become an issue of great urgency; put simply, American cities do not have enough money. This book examines the role of local fiscal policies and fiscal politics in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.

Product details

• Authors: Monkkonen Eric, Eric H Monkkonen, Eric H. Monkkonen
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780804724128
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2412-8
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 223 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Stanford Studies in the New Po; Stanford Studies in the New Political History; Stanford Studies in the New Political History; Stanford Studies in the New Po
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration