Framing the State in Times of Transition

Framing the State in Times of Transition

Author: Laurel E. Miller

Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 1601270550

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Analyzing nineteen cases, this title offers practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms.


State Government in Transition

State Government in Transition

Author: Reed M. Smith

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1512809713

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This book offers a case study of the George M. Leader administration in Pennsylvania, 1955-1959, with particular reference to the administrative rather than the political changes that took place during that period. Governor Leader was more active in the reorganization of the central staff services in Pennsylvania than any governor since the 1920s.The most significant changes resulted from the establishment of an Office of Administration within the governor's office. This department embraced a number of staff and operating functions including central budgeting and program evaluation. Over half the text is concerned with the new function of program evaluation, which the Leader administration treated as a basic administrative process, requiring a structure and identity separate from that of the other staff functions. The author also discusses the traditional nature of the governorship in Pennsylvania, noting the changes that took place as a result of the political and administrative transition in 1955. These changes were in the form of personnel brought into the state service at all levels, the extension of civil service by executive order, the use of patronage, removal power, executive clemency, and other fiscal and personnel reforms. Other significant stare issues discussed by the author include the use of advisory groups, the nature of the governor's cabinet and staff, the role of "egg heads" in government, the merit system and its extension in a strong patronage situation, and fiscal policy. State Government in Transition is not only a valuable addition to the literature on state government; it is also a book of great practical value—particularly for the political scientist, student, government worker, or politician. An appendix with a comparative chart of the governors of Pennsylvania under the Constitution of 1874, which is still in effect, and an organizational chart of the governor's office in 1960 supplement the text.


Intergovernmental Relations in Transition

Intergovernmental Relations in Transition

Author: Carl W. Stenberg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-09

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1351182145

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The field of intergovernmental relations has changed substantially over the past five decades. It maintains a critical and evolving role in the US federal system as well as in public policy and administration. Building upon the legacy of Deil S.Wright’s scholarship, this collection of essays by distinguished scholars, emerging thought leaders, and experienced practitioners chronicles and analyzes some of the tensions and pressures that have contributed to the current state of intergovernmental relations and management. Although rarely commanding media attention by name, intergovernmental relations is being elevated in the public discourse through policy issues dominating the headlines. Many of these intergovernmental issues are addressed in this book, including health insurance exchanges under the now-threatened Affordable Care Act, and the roles of the federal, state, and local governments in food safety, energy, and climate change.Contributors interpret and assess the impacts of these and other issues on the future directions of intergovernmental relations and management. This book will serve as an ideal text for courses on intergovernmental relations and federalism, and will be of interest to government practitioners and civic and nonprofit organization leaders involved in public policy and management.


Governance in Transition

Governance in Transition

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Public Management Service

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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"This report analyses the nature of these reforms, their rationale and design as well as issues of implementation and evaluation"--Back cover.


New Deal and States

New Deal and States

Author: James T. Patterson

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1400878209

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Little has been written about the New Deal's effect at the state level. How did the states act before the New Deal? Did the Roosevelt administration promote progressive policies on the state level? Did it destroy state initiative? Was it discriminatory? In what kinds of states did it seem to have the greatest impact, and why? What barriers were placed in the way of New Deal planning? Professor Patterson traces trends in state affairs and in American federalism between 1920 and 1940, focusing on the states in relation to the federal government. Though he pays attention to individual state variations, he searches for generalizations which explain the pattern instead of presenting a routine state-by-state survey. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


States of Transition

States of Transition

Author: William D. Eggers

Publisher: Deloitte Services LP

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 9780979061103

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This book delivers insights into solving some of the most vexing challenges facing state government leaders, including issues that already top your own to do lists. You will find strategies for improving public education by driving more money into classrooms. You will find solutions for fixing a broken Medicaid system, which now consumes approximately one quarter of total state budgets. And you will find techniques for using technology to cut the cost of programs throughout government, while improving services to citizens whose expectations are higher than they have ever been. From the Foreword by Governor Tom Ridge.