State governments and their political subdivisions -- The state-local government legal relationship -- State …-local fiscal relations -- State mandated local government expenditure distortions -- State responses to local government problems …

alternative mechanism known as divided government. By dividing government control between the executive and legislative branches … states from 1975 to 2000, it is shown that the probability of divided government is 10-15 percent higher when governors are … control an otherwise unaccountable executive. -- divided government ; lame duck ; term limit ; accountability …

alternative mechanism known as divided government. By dividing government control between the executive and legislative branches … states from 1975 to 2000, it is shown that the probability of divided government is 10-15 percent higher when governors are … control an otherwise unaccountable executive. -- divided government ; lame duck ; term limit ; accountability …

-scale collective action is needed - can improve government performance in three ways: 1) It can broaden government accountability …, making government responsive to citizens at large, rather than to narrow interests. 2) It can facilitate agreement where … citizen confidence in government as well as subjective indicators of bureaucratic inefficiency. The author further analyzes …