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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 207, Heft 1, S. xi-xi
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 207, Heft 1, S. xi-xi
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 207, Heft 1, S. 203-209
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 206, Heft 1, S. 184-185
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In: American political science review, Band 32, Heft 6, S. 1183-1184
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In: National municipal review, Band 27, Heft 11, S. 561-562
In: American political science review, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 508-514
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For some time, students of state government and state administration have been puzzled, and perhaps somewhat dismayed, at their inability to measure objectively the accomplishments of the governments of the several states. The same general problem was presented from another angle when, at a round table held in connection with the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago in December, 1936, the attempt was made to measure objectively the results of the administrative reorganization code movement. If standards of achievement could be agreed upon, it might be possible for different investigators, working independently, to examine the same states with similar or comparable results. It should, likewise, be possible to compare the government of a given state before and after the adoption of a code providing for administrative reorganization, and to compare with some degree of accuracy the governments of states of similar size, population, industrial characteristics, etc.
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 211
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 196, Heft 1, S. 247-248
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 195, Heft 1, S. xi-xi
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In: American political science review, Band 30, Heft 6, S. 1209-1213
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 187, Heft 1, S. 234-234
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 185, Heft 1, S. 217-217
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In: American political science review, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 24-50
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In any consideration of the future of the states, it is desirable at the outset to recall the circumstances of their development and of their entry into the Union. When the present Constitution was framed and adopted, the states were more than a century and a half old. At that time, and for many years thereafter, it was the states to which the people gave their primary allegiance. Under the Articles of Confederation, the strength of the states was so great that the central government was unable to function; when the Constitution was framed, the people were still greatly concerned about "states' rights." This priority of the states in the federal system continued through the nineteenth century, down to the period of the Civil War; in the closing decades of that century, state government sank into the depths in an orgy of graft and corruption and inefficiency, which resulted in a wave of state constitutional restrictions, particularly upon legislative powers.At this time, when the prestige and efficiency of the state governments were at their lowest ebb, there began to appear ringing indictments of the whole state system. Most conspicuous of these were the well known writings of Professors John W. Burgess, of Columbia University, and Simon N. Patten, of the University of Pennsylvania.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 181, Heft 1, S. 142-148
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In: American political science review, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 682-683
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