| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A driftless Connecticut series book
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Driftless Connecticut series.
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| Note |
"Published in cooperation with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Local Government in Connecticut; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 What Is Local Government in Connecticut?; 2 Forms of Local Government; 3 Who Runs These Governments?; 4 Key Local Government Officials and Their Roles; 5 State Government vs. Local Government; 6 Charter Revision Process; 7 Municipal Employees and Unionization; 8 Federal Government's Role in Local Government; 9 Some Nuts and Bolts of the Local Government Process (or How Business Is Transacted at the Local-Government Level in Connecticut); 10 Where Does the Money Come From? |
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11 Where Does the Money Go?12 Public Safety: Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Services; 13 Homeland Security and Emergency Management; 14 Public Works; 15 Land Use: Planning and Zoning, Wetlands and Watercourses; 16 Risk Management in Local Government; 17 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Local Government; 18 Health and Human Services; 19 Municipal Clerk; 20 Education: Function, Role, Relationship to Town; 21 Technology in Local Government and Education; 22 Other Local-Governmental Officials; 23 Two-Year Political and Financial Calendar; 24 Public and Private Utilities. |
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25 Economic Development at the Local Level26 Regionalization; 27 Freedom of Information Laws and Ethics; 28 Basics of Municipal and Educational Pensions; 29 Public Policy in Local Government; 30 Careers in Local Government; APPENDIXES; A Abbreviations and Acronyms; B Key Associations Involved with Connecticut Local Government; C Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs) and Map of Counties; D Higher Education in Connecticut; E Municipal Forms of Government in Connecticut as of 2013; F Municipal Populations, Revaluation Dates, Town Code Numbers; G Map of Towns and Cities. |
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H Partial List of Connecticut General Statutes for MunicipalitiesBibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Indispensable guide to the ins and outs of Connecticut local government. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Local government -- Connecticut.
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Local government. |
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Connecticut. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Connolly, Frank B. Local government in Connecticut. Third edition. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2013 9780819574015 (DLC) 2013022394 (OCoLC)840463195 |
| ISBN |
9780819574022 (electronic book) |
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0819574023 (electronic book) |
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9780819574015 |
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0819574015 |
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