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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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1990 Census of Population and Housing
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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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1980 Census of Population and Housing
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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1990 Census of Population
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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1990 Census of Population and Housing: Glossary
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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First- Thirty-second Report of the Commissioner of Public Records ... 1888-1919
Author: Massachusetts. Record Commission
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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The New England Town Meeting
Author: Joseph F. Zimmerman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
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.
The Spread of Printing. Eastern Hemisphere: South Africa
Author: Anna H Smith
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004535810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
This volume is published as part of the series The Spread of Printing, a history of printing outside Continental Europe and Great Britain. The print edition is available as a set of eleven volumes (9789063000257).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004535810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
This volume is published as part of the series The Spread of Printing, a history of printing outside Continental Europe and Great Britain. The print edition is available as a set of eleven volumes (9789063000257).
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Report
Author: United States. Congress Senate
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1564
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1564
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Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records of Parishes, Towns, and Counties
Author: Massachusetts. Record Commission
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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