While local governments have traditionally been thought relatively powerless and unpolitical, this has been rapidly changing. Recent years have seen local gover

This collection offers alternative explanations of local actions with a focus on conflict. It features examples of experiences selected from various cities. It

Even though the majority of Americans hold moderate views on issues such as abortion, homosexual rights, funding for the arts and public broadcasting, and multi

That contemporary American politics is divided into two differing ideological, moral, and lifestyle groups - a divide so severe as to constitute a "cultural war