Outline from Lecture Notes

Sorry, but these tend to change when presented in class
Study of local politics, pol economy of place, historic overview (Colonial, Early Republic)

US Cities in Historical Perspective (Early Republic, Machine Era)

The Reform Movement

Post Reform Cites/Power in Cities w/o parties

Participation and the Irony of Local Politics

Minority Represetnation

National Urban Policy/Ascendancy of Suburbs (housing, highway, lending policies)

Local Zoning as Exclusion scroll down to "E"

Economic Development Policies

Local Fiscal Policies

Politics of Slow Growth Movements.

The Urban Crisis/Urban Riots.

Political Parties in WA

Financing Legislative Races brief outline

Washington Legislature & State Legislatures

State Political Culture

Direct Democracy (populism and adoption of init)

The Initiative Industrial Complex (parts of this used in lecture)

Contemporary Direct Democracy in WA

Fiscal Effects of Initiatives Not used in lecture

State Fiscal Policies and Politics

Courts

Primaries in Washington