00911nam a22001697a 4500008004100000020001500041050001700056100001800073245004900091260003300140300003100173500002000204505041500224650004200639650004000681700002000721120815t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0070571929  aJK 2408.Sa13  aSaffel, David  aState and local government. /cDavid Saffell  aBoston:bMcGraw-Hill,c1998.  axii, 344 p.:bill.;c24cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: The Setting of state and local government -- Intergovernmental relations -- Political parties and interest groups -- Political participation and elections -- State and local legislatures -- Governors, bureaucrates and mayors -- Courts, police and corrections -- Financing state and local government -- State policymaking conflict and accomodation -- Suburbs, metropolitan areas and rural communities.  aState governments  x United States.   aLocal government x United States.   aBasehart, Harry