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Final exam readings review
  • V264
  • December 10, 2009

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Judd and Swanstrom, Chapter 2, selected sections
  • Provision of urban service in early nineteenth
    century
  • Problems requiring expansion of urban services
  • Limited powers of cities Dillons rule
  • Underrepresentation of urban populations

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Judd and Swanstrom, Chapter 3
  • What were the two factors that made the rise of
    political machines possible?
  • How did the machines gain and keep power?
  • Did machines lead to more effective government?
  • Did machines promote upward mobility?
  • Did machines help immigrants assimilate?

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Judd and Swanstrom, Chapter 4
  • What factors led to the reform movement?
  • What were reforms in the electoral process?
  • What are the models of local government?
  • How did the reform of local government reflect
    efforts to apply a business model
  • What caused the decline of the machines?
  • What is the relation between at-large elections,
    minority representation and voting rights?

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Judd and Swanstrom, Chapter 11, selected section
  • What is meant by the new regionalism? How
    successful was it?
  • How did Portland, Oregon and the Twin Cities in
    Minnesota deal with metropolitan problems?
  • How have urban county governments, interlocal
    agreements, and special districts improved
    service delivery without metropolitan government?

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Judd and Swanstrom, Chapter 12
  • How does competition of economic development and
    investment limit local government revenue raising
    and expenditures?
  • What are the sources of local government revenue?
  • How has the share of the property tax as a
    proportion of local government revenue changed
    over time?
  • What are problems with the property tax?
  • What is the largest category of local government
    expenditure?
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