TY - BOOK AU - Fesler,James William AU - Bosworth,Karl A. ED - American Assembly. TI - The 50 States and their local governments AV - JK2408 .F4 1967 U1 - 353.9 PY - 1967///] CY - New York PB - Knopf KW - State governments KW - Local government KW - United States N1 - Based on The forty-eight States, published in 1956? as the background papers and final report of the Eighth American Assembly, 1955; Bibliography: p. [589]-603; Introduction by J. W. Fesler.--The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by A. R. Richards.--Half of our century, by A. R. Richards.--Functions of State and local governments, by H. C. Mansfield.--Intergovernmental relations, by H. C. Mansfield.--Elections and political parties, by D. D. McKean.--Patterns of politics, by D. D. McKean.--Legislators and Governors, by K. A. Bosworth and J. W. Fesler.--Policy making, by K. A. Bosworth.--Administrative organization, by Y. Willbern.--Personnel and money, by Y. Willbern.--Courts and judges: power and politics, by V. G. Rosenblum.--Judicial reform: needs and prospects, by V. G. Rosenblum.--Local governments: the cities, by R. L. Morlan.--Local governments: an embarrassment of riches, by R. L. Morlan.--The future of State and local government, by J. W. Fesler.--Bibliography (p. [589]-603) ER -