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Title State devolution in America : implications for a diverse society / edited by Lynn A. Staeheli, Janet E. Kodras, Colin Flint.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997]
©1997

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 Moore Stacks  HT108 .U7 v.48  1997    Available  ---
Description xxxiii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Urban affairs annual reviews, 0083-4688 ; 48
Urban affairs annual reviews ; v. 48.
Note "Initial versions of these chapters were papers presented at a series of panel meetings at the 1996 annual meeting of the AAG held in Charlotte, North Carolina"--P. xi.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents State restructuring, political opportunism, and capital mobility / Robert W. Lake -- Economic globalization and income inequality in the United States / John O'Loughlin -- Globalization and social restructuring of the American population : geographies of exclusion and vulnerability / Janet E. Kodras -- Citizenship and the search for community / Lynn A. Staeheli --Restructuring the state : devolution, privatization, and the geographic redistribution of power and capacity in governance / Janet E. Kodras -- How federal cutbacks affect the charitable sector / Julian Wolpert -- State restructuring and the importance of "Rights-Talk" / Don Mitchell --
Fair or foul? : Remaking agricultural policy for the 21st century / Brian Page -- Back to the future in labor relations : from the New Deal to Newt's deal / Andrew Herod -- Responsibility, regulation, and retrenchment : the end of welfare? / Meghan Cope -- Transnationalism, nationalism, and international migration : the changing role and relevance of the state / Richard Wright -- Education policy and the 104th congress / Fred M. Shelley --Environmental policy and government restructuring / Marvin Waterstone --Conclusion: Regional collective memories and the ideology of state restructuring / Colin Flint.
Subject Decentralization in government -- United States.
Decentralization in government.
United States.
Local government -- United States.
Local government.
Federal government -- United States.
Federal government.
State-local relations -- United States.
State-local relations.
Added Author Kodras, Janet E.
Staeheli, Lynn A.
Flint, Colin, 1965-
Association of American Geographers. Meeting (1996 : Charlotte, N.C.)
ISBN 076190879X
0761908803 paperback