Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy /

Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy / / J. Eric Oliver, Zachary Callen, Shang E. Ha.

Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Oliver, J. Eric,
Callen, Zachary,
Ha, Shang E.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 15 line illus. 14 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Size, Scope, and Bias: What Differentiates Local Electoral Politics?
  • Chapter 2. Who Votes in Local Elections?
  • Chapter 3. Who Runs for Local Office?
  • Chapter 4. Systematic versus Idiosyncratic Factors in Local Elections
  • Chapter 5. What Influences Local Voters' Electoral Choices?
  • Chapter 6. Rethinking Local Democracy
  • References
  • Index

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