Local Interests – Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments

Name: Local Interests – Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments
Brand: The University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press

A policy-focused approach to understanding the role of interest groups in US municipal governments.\nLocal politics in the United States once seemed tranquil compared to the divisiveness and dysfunction of the country\u2019s national politics. Those days have passed. As multiple wide-ranging crises have thrust America\u2019s local governments into the spotlight, they have also exposed policy failures and systemic problems that have mounted for years. While issues such as policing and the cost of housing are debated nationally, much of the policymaking surrounding these issues occurs locally. In Local Interests, Sarah F. Anzia explores how local governments\u2014and the interest groups that try to influence them\u2014create the policies that drive the national conversation: policing, economic development,\n\nLocal Interests \u2013 Politics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments\nPolitics, Policy, and Interest Groups in US City Governments\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n;