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State and Local Government

This course emphasizes the importance of states and communities as the setting of most of the public policies which affect the daily lives of their residents. State and local governments play a major role in the political life of the nation as much of the national policy would not function without state/community cooperation. Topics include development of state constitutions, political participation, political parties and campaigns, duties of governor, legislators, and judicial branch of state government. Includes exploration of county and city government, school boards and community college boards.

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Lecture Notes

State and Local Government	Federalism and the States	State Constitutions
Citizen Participation	Political Parties, Interest Groups and Campaigns	Legislative Branch
Executive Branch	Judicial Branch	Local Government
Local Leadership	Distribution of Authority Among State and Local Governments	Public Administration

Contact faculty: grandolph@neosho.edu

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