Local Government in North Carolina
Author: Gordon P. Whitaker
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
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The New Politics of North Carolina
Author: Christopher A. Cooper
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1469606585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolitical scientist V. O. Key in 1949 described North Carolina as a "progressive plutocracy." He argued that in the areas of industrial development, public education, and race relations, North Carolina appeared progressive when compared to other southern states. Reconsidering Key's evaluation nearly sixty years later, contributors to this volume find North Carolina losing ground as a progressive leader in the South. The "new politics" of the state involves a combination of new and old: new opportunities and challenges have forced the state to change, but the old culture still remains a powerful force. In the eleven essays collected here, leading scholars of North Carolina politics offer a systematic analysis of North Carolina's politics and policy, placed in the context of its own history as well as the politics and policies of other states. Topics discussed include the evolution of politics and political institutions; the roles of governors, the judicial branch, interest groups, and party systems; and the part played by economic development and environmental policy. Contributors also address how geography affects politics within the state, region, and nation. Designed with students and interested citizens in mind, this collection provides an excellent introduction to contemporary North Carolina politics and government. Contributors: Hunter Bacot, Elon University Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University Thomas F. Eamon, East Carolina University Jack D. Fleer, Wake Forest University Dennis O. Grady, Appalachian State University Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sean Hildebrand, Western Carolina University Jonathan Kanipe, Town Manager, Catawba, North Carolina H. Gibbs Knotts, Western Carolina University Adam J. Newmark, Appalachian State University Charles Prysby, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Ruth Ann Strickland, Appalachian State University James H. Svara, Arizona State University Timothy Vercellotti, Rutgers University
Public Records Law for North Carolina Local Governments
Author: David M. Lawrence
Publisher: Unc School of Government
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781560116141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reviews and explains the principal public records statutes applicable to records held by North Carolina local governments and examines the public's right of access to those records. It expands the coverage of the first edition and its cumulative supplement and also includes developments in the law since 2004. Although the book focuses on records held by local governments, state government officials also will find it useful.
The Blood of Government
Author: Paul A. Kramer
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2006-12-13
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 0807877174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1899 the United States, having announced its arrival as a world power during the Spanish-Cuban-American War, inaugurated a brutal war of imperial conquest against the Philippine Republic. Over the next five decades, U.S. imperialists justified their colonial empire by crafting novel racial ideologies adapted to new realities of collaboration and anticolonial resistance. In this pathbreaking, transnational study, Paul A. Kramer reveals how racial politics served U.S. empire, and how empire-building in turn transformed ideas of race and nation in both the United States and the Philippines. Kramer argues that Philippine-American colonial history was characterized by struggles over sovereignty and recognition. In the wake of a racial-exterminist war, U.S. colonialists, in dialogue with Filipino elites, divided the Philippine population into "civilized" Christians and "savage" animists and Muslims. The former were subjected to a calibrated colonialism that gradually extended them self-government as they demonstrated their "capacities." The latter were governed first by Americans, then by Christian Filipinos who had proven themselves worthy of shouldering the "white man's burden." Ultimately, however, this racial vision of imperial nation-building collided with U.S. nativist efforts to insulate the United States from its colonies, even at the cost of Philippine independence. Kramer provides an innovative account of the global transformations of race and the centrality of empire to twentieth-century U.S. and Philippine histories.
A Government by the People
Author: Thomas Goebel
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780807853610
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 1898 and 1918, many American states introduced the initiative, referendum, and recall--known collectively as direct democracy. Most interpreters have seen the motives for these reform measures as purely political, but Goebel demonstrates that the call for direct democracy was deeply rooted in antimonopoly sentiment. Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of direct democracy, particularly in California, and Goebel's analysis of direct democracy's history, evolution, and ultimate unsuitability as a grassroots tool is particularly timely.
Raising Government Children
Author: Catherine E. Rymph
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2017-10-10
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 1469635658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1930s, buoyed by the potential of the New Deal, child welfare reformers hoped to formalize and modernize their methods, partly through professional casework but more importantly through the loving care of temporary, substitute families. Today, however, the foster care system is widely criticized for failing the children and families it is intended to help. How did a vision of dignified services become virtually synonymous with the breakup of poor families and a disparaged form of "welfare" that stigmatizes the women who provide it, the children who receive it, and their families? Tracing the evolution of the modern American foster care system from its inception in the 1930s through the 1970s, Catherine Rymph argues that deeply gendered, domestic ideals, implicit assumptions about the relative value of poor children, and the complex public/private nature of American welfare provision fueled the cultural resistance to funding maternal and parental care. What emerged was a system of public social provision that was actually subsidized by foster families themselves, most of whom were concentrated toward the socioeconomic lower half, much like the children they served. Analyzing the ideas, debates, and policies surrounding foster care and foster parents' relationship to public welfare, Rymph reveals the framework for the building of the foster care system and draws out its implications for today's child support networks.
My N.C. from A-Z
Author: Michelle Lanier
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
Published: 2020-01-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780865264991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Each of the letters in My N.C. from A to Z represents African Americans who hail from North Carolina and have provided positive and indelible influences to arts, culture, and social justice worldwide"--Page 33
North Carolina Government & Politics
Author: Jack D. Fleer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780803219939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNorth Carolina has been a leader in the South and the nation since 1775, when it became "First in Freedom" by calling for its independence from British rule. Throughout its history, the state has had a reputation as a progressive force. This book offers both an assessment and an examination of the realities of the state's leadership. Analyzing a wide range of political actors and organizations, which includes the state legislature, the governor and executive branch, the judiciary, political parties, interest groups, and the media, Fleer illuminates North Carolina's rich political history, its evolving constitutional order, and its changing political culture. Although revealing a pattern of elitist paternalism in the state's political history, the book illustrates a parallel pattern of popular participation and control. Major forces of change are increasingly defining the state. These transitional factors include a significant biracial electorate, a stratified society, a diverse electorate, increasingly varied and mobilized political interest groups, a competitive political party system, and a more representative political leadership. New challenges to the state's future development are its aging population, the preparedness of its work force, the globalization of its economy, the protec-tion of its natural resources, and the education of its children for the next century. Each new political debate, policy choice, and election reminds North Carolinians of their fundamental challenge: establishing a government by enlightened and effective popular consent.
Form of Government of North Carolina Counties
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Institute of Government
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 13
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New Politics of North Carolina
Author: Christopher Alan Cooper
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0807831913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe seeds of modern North Carolina politics / Thomas F. Eamon -- How southern is the old north state? : public opinion in North Carolina / Timothy Vercellotti -- The reshaping of the political party system in North Carolina / Charles Prysby -- Interest groups and lobbying in North Carolina : density, diversity, and regulation / Adam J. Newmark -- Mass media in North Carolina politics : watchdog mutes its bark / Ferrel Guillory -- North Carolina governors : from campaigning to governing / Jack D. Fleer -- The people's branch : reassessing the N.C. General Assembly / Christopher A. Cooper -- North Carolina's judicial system : the forgotten branch of government / Ruth Ann Strickland -- Conflict or cooperation? : local governments, intergovernmental relations, and federalism in North Carolina / Sean Hildebrand and James H. Svara -- Environmental politics in the tar heel state : an ambivalent legacy / Dennis O. Grady and Jonathan Kanipe -- Education in the tar heel state : public elementary, secondary, and higher education in North Carolina / Hunter Bacot -- Conclusion: Rethinking progressivism and governance in North Carolina / Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts
