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State and Local Government Review - Volume 38 (2006)
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Vol. 38, No. 1 (2006)

General Interest

When Boeing Landed in Chicago: Lessons for Regional Economic Development
Joel Rast and Virginia Carlson
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Code Red: Florida City and County Officials Rate Threat Information Sources and the Homeland Security Advisory System
Susan A. MacManus and Kiki Caruson
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?This Land Is Our Land?? An Analysis of Land-Use Planning and Cooperation under Michigan?s Conditional Land Transfer Act
Ellen M. Bassett
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The Politics of Contracting Out in School Districts: The Case of Washington State
Thomas Pallesen
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Legislative Fiscal Analysts: Influence in State Budget Development
Kim U. Hoffman
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Reviews and Essays

Review of reviews The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis
W. Bartley Hildreth
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Vol. 38, No. 2 (2006)

General Interest

The Limits of Participatory Empowerment: Assessing the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program
Matthew F. Filner
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Same-Sex Marriage Ballot Measures and the 2004 Presidential Election
Daniel A. Smith, Matthew DeSantis, and Jason Kassel
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Life in the Fast Lane: Transportation Finance and the Local Option Sales Tax
Andrew D. Green
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Research Note

Arkansas Revenue Stabilization Act: Stabilizing Programmatic Impact through Prioritized Revenue Distribution
Meagan M. Jordan
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Practitioner?s Corner

Hispanic City Managers in Texas: A Small Group of Professional Administrators
Abraham David Benavides
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Vol. 38, No. 3 (2006)

General Interest

City-County Government and Promises of Economic Development: A Tale of Two Cities
Jered B. Carr, Sang-Seok Bae, and Wenjue Lu
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Recruitment to Boards and Commissions in Small Cities: Individual versus Contextual Explanations
John R. Baker
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Power, Professionalism, and Independence: Changes in the Office of the Mayor
William DeSoto, Hassan Tajalli, and Cynthia Opheim
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The Politics of Electricity Restructuring across the American States: Power Failure and Policy Failure
Phillip J. Ardoin and Dennis Grady
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Evaluating Performance in State Judicial Institutions: Trust and Confidence in the Georgia Judiciary
George W. Dougherty, Stefanie A. Lindquist, and Mark D. Bradbury
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