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Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Author: Library of Congress. Legislative Reference Service
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Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Category : Federal government
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Author: Winston W. Crouch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520311647
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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The concept of the metropolitan area, as best exemplified by Los Angeles, has highlighted two contradictory characteristics of the current urban scene: the dispersion of political power among a number of centers, and the presence of issues and problems whose impact transcends the jurisdiction of any one local government. In this book the author have focused their attention of the process by which organized groups have sought to identify public issues and to reach decision on them within one of the most rapidly developing and most complex metropolitan areas of the United States: Los Angeles. Beginning with a discussion of the setting and framework of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the authors attempt to clarify the nature of the legal, political, social, and economic forces tha have shaped the present system. The second part of this work is concerned with the contenders for leadership within the area: the central city, the urban county, and the suburbs. On the basis of the collected information, the authors next pose the hypothesis that democratic ideology and group interests have combined to produce competing power centers from which groups operate while at the same time lacking sufficient resources to dominate decision making. In the final section of a number of possible alternatives that might produce decision on area-wide issues are examined, and suggestions for bringing together the various political groupings are given. Research for this work was carried out under a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

Author: United States. Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
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Category : Decentralization in government
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Tom Sitton
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476649138
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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This book studies Los Angeles County and its government since World War II. A special focus is given to the "Titans of Temple Street," the five-member Board of Supervisors that determines policies and actions for many issues throughout the county, especially for residents who do not live in the county's 88 cities. It is the largest of all U.S. counties, with a population of more than 10 million, more residents than 41 states, and an annual budget of more than $44 billion, more than all but 19 states. It has served as an innovative example of county government since the early 1900s.

Author: Roscoe Coleman Martin
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1342

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Author: Steven P. Erie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131733616X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Originally published in 1972, this study aims to explore governmental interaction with people and publics interests and institutions in Metropolitan America. These papers discuss issues of how governance can be improved and the federal role in Metropolitanism as well as suggesting ways in which political reform can help. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Economics and professionals.