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Cultures of the States

by Jack Rimmel Frymier

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Publisher Comments:

Cultures of the States: How Effective Are State Governments? is a study of the effectiveness of states in the United States in dealing with governance problems. It includes a summary ranking of all states and problems profile for each state on 15 governance factors, plus a database of more than 700 tables of statistical information in which every state is ranked on each of the 700 variables, along with a historical interpretation.

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Frymier (emeritus, Ohio State U.) and Roaden (a retired executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission) have identified factors that are possibly influenced by government and have collected statistics on each of the states in the US in order to compare one against the other. After explanations of data choices and tabulations in such areas tax factors, power, mortality, crime and punishment, health, education, and the economy, comparative problem profiles for each of the states are presented. Appendices present 700 statistical tables on the variables considered in the main body of the text.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780810847682
Subtitle:
A Handbook on the Effectiveness of State Governments
Author:
Frymier, Jack Rimmel
Author:
Roaden, Arliss
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Location:
Lanham, Md.
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
United states
Subject:
State governments
Subject:
State, Provincial & Local Government
Subject:
Government - State & Provincial
Subject:
State governments -- United States.
Edition Number:
432
Series Volume:
2002-41
Publication Date:
November 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
424
Dimensions:
1100x850

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