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The American county : frontiers of knowledge / edited by Donald C. Menzel ; with a foreword by John P. Thomas.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 250 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585228299
  • 9780585228297
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American county.DDC classification:
  • 352.073 20
LOC classification:
  • JS261 .A64 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Donald C. Menzel -- The changing role of counties in the intergovernmental system / David R. Berman and Tanis J. Salant -- Determinants of county government growth / Kee Ok Park -- County boards, partisanship, and elections / Susan A. MacManus -- Structure and policy expenditures in American counties / Victor S. DeSantis and Tari Renner -- County conflict and cooperation / Kenneth A. Klase, Jin W. Mok, and Gerald M. Pops -- Leadership and professionalism in county government / James H. Svara -- Strengthening county management / Gregory Streib -- Fiscal aid and mandates : the county experience / J. Edwin Benton -- Revenue diversification among American counties / Beverly A. Cigler -- Economic development strategies among counties / William J. Pammer, Jr. -- The American county / Donald C. Menzel.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index.

Print version record.

Introduction / Donald C. Menzel -- The changing role of counties in the intergovernmental system / David R. Berman and Tanis J. Salant -- Determinants of county government growth / Kee Ok Park -- County boards, partisanship, and elections / Susan A. MacManus -- Structure and policy expenditures in American counties / Victor S. DeSantis and Tari Renner -- County conflict and cooperation / Kenneth A. Klase, Jin W. Mok, and Gerald M. Pops -- Leadership and professionalism in county government / James H. Svara -- Strengthening county management / Gregory Streib -- Fiscal aid and mandates : the county experience / J. Edwin Benton -- Revenue diversification among American counties / Beverly A. Cigler -- Economic development strategies among counties / William J. Pammer, Jr. -- The American county / Donald C. Menzel.

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