Governing States and Localities

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    The chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, Roy S. Moore, should have learned this lesson in 2003 after he oversaw the installation of a 2.5-ton monument to the Ten Commandments in the rotunda of the state supreme court building.

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    James Collier and Christopher Collier, Decision in Philadelphia (New York: Random House, 1986). 3. Quoted in Collier and Collier, Decision in Philadelphia, 3. 4. Ellen Perlman, “The Preemption Beast: The Gorilla That Swallows State Laws ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    McClung, 50–51 Kaye, Judith S., 286 Kean, Thomas, 506, 506n Keillor, Garrison, 408 Kelling, George, 459–460 Kelly, Ray, 461, 463 Kempthorne, Dirk, 265–266 Kennedy, Anthony, 294, 451 Kennedy, David, 441 Kennedy, John F., 268, 335, ...

  • Governing States and Localities: The Essentials
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    From the other side of the political spectrum, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, incorrectly assuming that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to strike down President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    Kay Lawson, “How State Laws Undermine Parties,” in Elections American Style, ed. A. James Reichley (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1987), 241. 31. Cited in William C. Binning, Larry E. Esterly, and Paul A. Sracic, ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    ... Appalachian State University Jennifer Clark, University of Houston Douglas Clouatre, Mid-Plains Community College Chris Cooper, Western Carolina University Margery Coulson-Clark, Elizabeth City State University Gary Crawley, ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    ... 78, 243–244, 250–251 Graham, Lindsey, 154,514 Granato, Jim, 149 Grand juries, 301,442 Grants-in-aid, 42, 43–44, ... Alexander, 30, 36, 156, 196 Hamilton, David K., 403 Hansen, Eric R., 235 Hanson, Ben, 183 Harrington, Jesse R., ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    State Lobbying in 2013,” KXTV, February 3, 2014, http://legacy.abc10.com/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/02/ ... Richard L. Hall and Molly E. Reynolds, “Targeted Issue Advertising and Legislative Strategy: The Inside Ends of Outside ...

  • Governing States and Localities: The Essentials
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    In this Essentials Edition of Governing States and Localities, authors Kevin Smith and Alan Greenblatt retain the hallmarks of their bestselling introductory text by blending the latest scholarship with engaging journalistic writing, crisp ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B Smith, Alan H Greenblatt

    "The primary mission of the eighth edition of Governing States and Localities is to provide a comprehensive introduction to state and local governments and do it with a difference.

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan H. Greenblatt

    "The primary mission of the eighth edition of Governing States and Localities is to provide a comprehensive introduction to state and local governments and do it with a difference.

  • Governing States and Localities

    This bundle includes Smith: Governing States and Localities, 5e and Smith: Governing States and Localities, 5e Online Resource Center

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    The Fifth Edition features extensive updating on such major developments as the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the education debate over the Common Core State Standards, and the implications for residents when localities succumb to ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    Following a crisp journalistic style with magazine-quality graphics and top-ten takeaways per chapter that keep students engaged, this edition provides a comprehensive introduction to state and local governments that is easily accessible to ...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt, John Buntin

    In this text, the authors present current information on states and localities. Similarities between states make meaningful comparison possible. But their differences, in terms of institutional structures, laws and regulations,...

  • Governing States and Localities
    By Kevin B. Smith, Alan Greenblatt

    Governing States and Localities, Ninth Edition introduces students to the most recent challenges, developments, and political changes impacting state and local politics.