Local Courts

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Brisbin
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
Political Function ◽  
State And Local Politics ◽  
Multidisciplinary Studies ◽  
Local Courts ◽  
State And Local

The penalization of crime and the provision of social and economic order through the development and application of policies that resolve disputes among citizens, businesses, and governments are crucial activities for state and local governments. This chapter reviews scholarly studies of how state and local courts of general, limited, and special jurisdiction deliver these public services. With attention to the agenda, procedures, personnel, and outcome of the operations of local courts and the state and local institutions that assist the courts, the chapter addresses what is known about the influence of politics on their activities and their reciprocal influence on state and local politics. Special consideration is devoted to the limitations of the multidisciplinary studies of the behavior and political function of these institutions.

scholarly journals Using Place-Based Jobs Policies to Help Distressed Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-127
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Bartik
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Job Training ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Local Labor Markets ◽  
Equity And Efficiency ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
State And Local

Place-based jobs policies seek to create jobs in particular local labor markets. Such policies include business incentives provided by state and local governments, which cost almost $50 billion annually. The most persuasive rationale for these policies is that they can advance equity and efficiency by increasing long-term employment rates in distressed local labor markets. However, current incentives are not targeted at distressed areas. Furthermore, incentives have high costs per job created. Lower costs can be achieved by public services to business, such as manufacturing extension, customized job training, and infrastructure. Reforms to place-based jobs policies should focus on greater targeting of distressed areas and using more cost-effective policies. Such reforms could be achieved by state and local governments acting in their residents’ interests or could be encouraged by federal interventions to cap incentives and provide aid to distressed areas.

Education Policy

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Manna
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Education Politics ◽  
State And Local Politics ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
State And Local Government ◽  
State And Local

This chapter explores education policy as a primary function of state and local government and examines the recent creep of national government into this policy jurisdiction. The author argues that any scholar hoping to understand state and local politics and policymaking needs a basic understanding of education policy, simply because it dominates so much of state budget politics and policy. In addition, the incredible variation in education politics and policy allows fertile ground for testing a vast array of social science theories.

Introduction

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald P. Haider-Markel
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
State And Local Politics ◽  
History Of ◽  
State And Local

The chapter provides an overview of this project and the contents of the following chapters on state and local politics and policy. A brief history of the subfield and recent innovations are discussed along with the advantages of studying state and local politics and policy from a comparative perspective.

State and Local Politics: The Great Entanglement

1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Barry Bozeman ◽  
Robert S. Lorch
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
State And Local Politics ◽  
State And Local
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