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Book Synopsis New England Town Law by : James Smith Garland
Download or read book New England Town Law written by James Smith Garland and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New England Local Government by : Gary L. Rose
Download or read book New England Local Government written by Gary L. Rose and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government in the New England states has historically been regarded as a style of government that most closely embodies the spirit of American democracy. Although models of local government vary from one town to the next, the common thread which unites all New England towns is that the people are empowered to choose their own form of government, and in doing so control their own destiny. In this fresh and insightful book, Professor Gary L. Rose, a well known commentator on American politics and native New Englander, introduces readers to local government in Connecticut. Rose takes readers on a journey showcasing the origin of Connecticut towns, the different models of government in existence among the state?s 169 communities, the means by which towns and cities finance public services, the status of party politics in urban, suburban, and rural communities, the creative endeavors currently underway at the local level of government, and the serious challenges facing local media with respect to performing their ?watchdog? role over the affairs of local decision makers. Intended for students, political practitioners, and a general audience, Professor Rose?s book not only fills a void in the literature on local government, but will also serve to inspire those who want to make a positive difference in the political life of their local communities.0.
Book Synopsis The New England Town Meeting by : Joseph F. Zimmerman
Download or read book The New England Town Meeting written by Joseph F. Zimmerman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking study, Zimmerman explores the town meeting form of government in all New England states. This comprehensive work relies heavily upon surveys of town officers and citizens, interviews, and mastery of the scattered writing on the subject. Zimmerman finds that the stereotypes of the New England open town meeting advanced by its critics are a serious distortion of reality. He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better. Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves—open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting. And, as Zimmerman points out, a third safety valve—the protest referendum—can be adopted by a town meeting.
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Book Synopsis Bibliography on State and Local Government in New England. [Edited by Lashley G. Harvey.]. by : Boston University (BOSTON, Mass.). Bureau of Public Administration
Download or read book Bibliography on State and Local Government in New England. [Edited by Lashley G. Harvey.]. written by Boston University (BOSTON, Mass.). Bureau of Public Administration and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Puritan Village by : Sumner Chilton Powell
Download or read book Puritan Village written by Sumner Chilton Powell and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize Winner: “A meticulous and remarkably detailed account of the early government and social organization of the town of Sudbury, Massachusetts.” —Time In addition to drawing on local records from Sudbury, Massachusetts, the author of this classic work, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, traced the town’s early families back to England to create an outstanding portrait of a colonial settlement in the seventeenth century. He looks at the various individuals who formed this new society; how institutions and government took shape; what changed—or didn’t—in the movement from the Old World to the New; and how those from different local cultures adjusted, adapted, competed, and cooperated to plant the seeds of what would become, in the century to follow, a commonwealth of the United States of America. “An important and interesting book . . . to the student of institutions, even to the sociologist, as well as to the historian.” —The New England Quarterly
Download or read book Real Democracy written by Frank M. Bryan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relying on an astounding collection of more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemblies, debate the issues on the agenda, and vote on them. And although these meetings are natural laboratories for democracy, very few scholars have systematically investigated them. A nationally recognized expert on this topic, Bryan has now done just that. Studying 1,500 town meetings in his home state of Vermont, he and his students recorded a staggering amount of data about them—238,603 acts of participation by 63,140 citizens in 210 different towns. Drawing on this evidence as well as on evocative "witness" accounts—from casual observers to no lesser a light than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn—Bryan paints a vivid picture of how real democracy works. Among the many fascinating questions he explores: why attendance varies sharply with town size, how citizens resolve conflicts in open forums, and how men and women behave differently in town meetings. In the end, Bryan interprets this brand of local government to find evidence for its considerable staying power as the most authentic and meaningful form of direct democracy. Giving us a rare glimpse into how democracy works in the real world, Bryan presents here an unorthodox and definitive book on this most cherished of American institutions.
Book Synopsis Basic Characteristics of New England Local Government by : New England Municipal Center
Download or read book Basic Characteristics of New England Local Government written by New England Municipal Center and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New England Town Meeting by : John Gould
Download or read book New England Town Meeting written by John Gould and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bibliography on State and Local Government in New England by : Boston University. Bureau of Public Administration
Download or read book Bibliography on State and Local Government in New England written by Boston University. Bureau of Public Administration and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New England Local Government by : Gary L. Rose
Download or read book New England Local Government written by Gary L. Rose and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government in the New England states has historically been regarded as a style of government that most closely embodies the spirit of American democracy. Although models of local government vary from one town to the next, the common thread which unites all New England towns is that the people are empowered to choose their own form of government, and in doing so control their own destiny. In this fresh and insightful book, Professor Gary L. Rose, a well known commentator on American politics and native New Englander, introduces readers to local government in Connecticut. Rose takes readers on a journey showcasing the origin of Connecticut towns, the different models of government in existence among the state's 169 communities, the means by which towns and cities finance public services, the status of party politics in urban, suburban, and rural communities, the creative endeavors currently underway at the local level of government, and the serious challenges facing local media with respect to performing their "watchdog" role over the affairs of local decision makers. Intended for students, political practitioners, and a general audience, Professor Rose's book not only fills a void in the literature on local government, but will also serve to inspire those who want to make a positive difference in the political life of their local communities.
Book Synopsis State and Local Government in New England by : John Fairfield Sly
Download or read book State and Local Government in New England written by John Fairfield Sly and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Town Meeting by : Donald L. Robinson
Download or read book Town Meeting written by Donald L. Robinson and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the history and practice of an uncommon but enduring form of American self-government
Book Synopsis New England Municipal Government by : New England Municipal Center
Download or read book New England Municipal Government written by New England Municipal Center and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Leadership in Local Government by : Lincoln Smith
Download or read book Leadership in Local Government written by Lincoln Smith and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Peaceable Kingdoms by : Michael Zuckerman
Download or read book Peaceable Kingdoms written by Michael Zuckerman and published by New York : Knopf. This book was released on 1970 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Concerns of New England Municipal Government Officials by : New England Municipal Center
Download or read book Concerns of New England Municipal Government Officials written by New England Municipal Center and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Early New England Towns : a Comparative Study of Their Development by : Anne Bush MacLear
Download or read book Early New England Towns : a Comparative Study of Their Development written by Anne Bush MacLear and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: