TY - BOOK AU - Fesler, James William, 1911- , editor. TI - The 50 States and their local governments / [by] Karl A. Bosworth [and others] under the editorship of James W. Fesler PY - 1967///] CY - New York : Knopf N1 - Based on The forty-eight States, published in 1956? as the background papers and final report of the Eighth American Assembly, 1955; Bibliography: p. [589]-603; Introduction, by J.W. Fesler. The heritage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by A.R. Richards. Half of our century, by A.R. Richards. Functions of State and Local governments, by H.C. Mansfield. Intergovernmental relations, by H.C. Mansfield. Elections and political parties, by D.D. McKean. Patterns of politics, by D.D. McKean. Legislators and Governors, by K.A. Bosworth and J.W. Fesler. Policy making, by K.A. Bosworth. Administrative organization, by Y. Willbern. Courts and judges: power and politics, by V.G. Rosenblum. Judicial reform: needs and prospects, by V.G. Rosenblum. Local governments: the cities, by R.L. Morlan. Local governments: an embarrassment of riches, by R.L. Morlan. The future of State and local government, by J.W. Fesler. Bibliography (p. 589-603) ER -