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Preface
About the Authors
1 State and Local Politics
Who Has the Power?
The Stakes in the Political Struggle
-How Different States Govern
Comparing the Sizes of States
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
The Growing Diversity of State Populations
Participation Patterns in Small and Medium-Sized Cities
-You Will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should States Exercise Authority Over Climate Change Policies?
Challenges for State and Local Governments
-History Makers
DeWitt Clinton
Summary Chapter Self-Test Key Terms Further Reading
2 State Constitutions
The Roots of State Constitutions
-History Makers
John Adams
Amending State Constitutions
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
Affirmative Action in the 2006 Elections
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should States Require a Supermajority to Approve a Constitutional Amendment?
The Politics of Constitutional Revision
The Future of State Constitutions
Summary Chapter Self-Test Key Terms Further Reading
3 Parties and Elections in the States
The Constitutional Context: State and Federal Roles in Regulating Elections
Elections at the State and Local Levels
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should Former Felons Be Allowed to Vote?
-History Makers
Hiram Johnson and Direct Legislation
-How Different States Govern
State Differences in Campaign Finance Disclosure Laws
The Role of Political Parties
-The Changing Face of u.s. Politics
Differences in the Demographic Profiles of State Legislatures
Party Balance and Imbalance
Summary 59 Chapter Self-Test 60 Key Terms 61 Further Reading
4 State Legislatures
The Legislative Branch
-How different states govern Comparing Professionalism in State Legislatures
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
Women in the Statehouse
-History Makers
Jesse Unruh
Modernization and Reform
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should States Provide higher compensation for Their Legislators?
The Politics of Drawing Legislative District Lines
Direct Legislation: Policy Making by the People?
The Debate over Direct Democracy
Summary 82 Chapter Self-Test 83 Key Terms 84 Further Reading
5 State Governors
Rising Expectations for Governors
Becoming and Remaining Governor
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
Female Governors
-How Different States Govern
The Salaries of Governors
A Governor’s Formal Powers
-You Will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should Governors Have an Item Veto?
Managing the State
Other Statewide Elected Officials
-History Makers
George Wallace
The Rewards of Being a Governor
Summary Chapter Self-Test Key Terms Further Reading
6 Judges and Justice in the States
The Structure of State Courts
-History Makers
Judith S. Kaye
How Judges Are Chosen
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
Women and Minorities on State Supreme Courts
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should State Judges Be Selected Through Appointment or Popular Election?
The Judicial Reform Movement
The Criminal Justice System
Prisons
-How Different States Govern
The Death Penality in the States
Courts in Crisis
Summary Chapter Self-Test Key Terms Further Reading
7 Local Governments and Metropolitics
The Nature of State and Local Relations
Counties in the United States
Towns and Suburbs
City Government Today
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
City Councils Are Becoming More Diverse
The Role of the Mayor
-History Makers
Harold Washington
Who Influences Local Policy Making?
The Central City and Its Politics
-How Different Cities Govern
Child Poverty in Cities
Meeting the Challenges of Growth and Economic Development
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Does Economic Development Justify Eminent Domain?
The Politics of Metropolitan Reorganization
Summary 150 Chapter Self-Test 151 Key Terms 152 Further Reading
8 Making State and Local Policy
Public Education
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
Teachers in the Classroom
Higher Education
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should the Federal Government Encourage Increased State Funding of Higher Education?
Social Services
-History Makers
Jane Addams
-How Different States Govern
Children’s Health Insurance
Law Enforcement
Planning the Urban Community
Regulation
The Importance of State and Local Policy
Summary 175 Chapter Self-Test 176 Key Terms 177 Further Reading
9 Staffing and Financing State and Local Governments
The Role of Public Employees
-The Changing Face of U.S. Politics
The Diverse State and Local Workforce
-You will Decide/Thinking it Through
Should Governments Contract with Faith-Based Organizations?
Paying for State and Local Government
-How Different States Govern
State and Local Taxes and Family Incomes
-History Makers
Robert Moses
State and Local Government Spending
Assessing State and Local Performance
Summary Chapter Self-Test Key Terms Further Reading
Glossary
Notes
Photo Credits
Index
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James Philip Alonzo
reviewed State and Local Politics, Government By The People on August 20, 2018
State and Local Politics
So there's being offensive to make a point (Chris Rock's "N's v. Black People" sketches).
There's being offensive to be funny. (South Park's Trapped in the Closet episode, which will probably send me to hell but I can't stop laughing at it.)
And there's being offensive just to be offensive.
Sadly, this book is the last kind--so much so that I want to hang a disclaimer of "I'M NOT WITH HIM" over anywhere this book appears on my profile. The only reason I made it through the whole thing is that once I start a book, I always finish it; I've never given up on anything once I've started, although I almost threw this one down several times.
I have no problem with pointing out areas where you disagree with someone, but Mr. Savage refers to public figures as "Coffee Cup Annan," "Madeline Halfbright," and "Mayor Any Twosome-Noosem." I thought that it stopped being acceptable to use people's names to makes fun of them in junior high. Or, another gem, any Muslim country is referred to in his book by the generic label "Krapistan," defined in his glossary as "any Turd-World dustbowl still stuck in the Middle Ages."
The list goes on, with Mr. Savage insulting both his opponents and his supporters alike using playground language. His tendency to refer to "spokeschick" and "newschick," for example, or to say to people who agree with him that they're too stupid to know what he's talking about. No, literally, it's in there. This is how you talk to your allies? Really? We move on from, past badly drawn stereotype into examples of his "ignnerce." (Those from the South will know that being "ignorant" means you don't know something, and being "ignnert" means you're stupid, racist and/or sexist on purpose.) Mr. Savage displays the type of rabid attack-dog mentality that makes it embarrassing to say that you're conservative; even when I agree with his basic points, I was disgusted by the way he expressed them, especially since he couldn't seem to resist taking back-handed digs at his supports as well. His refusal to acknowledge actual facts (from other conservative sources, no less, not solely from the "Taliban News Network") if they don't fit his ideas of "Hitlers in dirty nightshirts" or "Headcutters in Headscarfs."
Really? You expect to win converts by calling us sheeple, and saying we don't "know the difference between Mussolini, Tortellini, or Linguine." Unfortunately, after you wade through Mr. Savage's hatemongering and offensiveness for the sake of offensiveness (which he despises in other people, but seems to find perfectly acceptable in himself), you can't find any actual substance to his arguments. If you want actual, substantive conservative arguments that you can use for ammunition in debates, or even to bolster your own beliefs, try Dinesh D'Souza, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter (who knows how to be offensive to make a point or be fun, and then stop there). Try just about anyone else; just don't let this be your only face of conservative talk radio.
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