PS 2020 Links
To Contact Me:    
Peck Hall 245     898-5461     carleton@mtsu.edu

Fall 2010 Office Hours:
MWF
8:30-9:00 and 10:15-11:30, TR 8:30-9:30 and11:15-1:00, and by appointment

Home

 

 
WebMail

Gmail

Pipeline 

MTSU D2L

RODP D2L

MTSU

Department of Political Science 

MTSU Library

Altavista

Google 

Politics1-News

TIGER 

Blogger
 

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
LINKS

There are a great many links available related to aspects of state and local government.  The following is just a start.

PAGE INDEX - GO TO:
GENERAL POLITICAL SCIENCE LINKS
GENERAL STATE AND LOCAL LINKS
FEDERALISM AND CONSTITUTIONS
PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, AND ELECTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
BUDGET AND TAXES
EDUCATION
CRIME
WELFARE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
LAND-USE PLANNING

 

GENERAL POLITICAL SCIENCE LINKS

Tennessee Political Science Association - Political Information
Political Resources on the Net
St. Martin's Press Political Science Links
University of Michigan Document Center

 

GENERAL STATE AND LOCAL LINKS

DNet State Information Index
Governing Magazine - extensive state and local links, by topic
State and Local Government on the Net
Stateline
U.S. Bureau of the Census
U.S. State and Local Gateway

 

FEDERALISM AND CONSTITUTIONS

Articles of Confederation
Dumb Laws
Federalism and Devolution
Federalist Papers
Findlaw: State Constitutions, Cases, and Codes
Gibbons v. Ogden - Court Decision
McColluch v. Maryland - Court Decision
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Federalism Site

 

 

PARTIES, INTEREST GROUPS, AND ELECTIONS

Common Cause: The Money Trail in the States
Project Vote Smart
     Project Vote Smart - State Interest Groups
     Project Vote Smart -State Political Parties
State Ballot Initiatives and Referenda
State Democratic Parties
State Republican Parties
State and Local Elected Officials

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

International City/County Management Association
National League of Cities
National Association of Counties
National Association of Towns and Townships
National City Government Resource Center
National School Boards Association
Urban Institute
U.S. Conference of Mayors

 

STATE GOVERNMENT

Council of State Governments
National Center for State Courts
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Governors Association
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
State Statutes on the Internet
Washington Post - News from the States

 

BUDGET AND TAXES

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
State and Local Budgets
State and Local Finance Offices

EDUCATION

For links to education sites, use the Education Reform and Gifted Education pages under "Stuff I Like":

Education Reform
Gifted Education

CRIME

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Community Policing Consortium
Corrections.com
Private Corrections Project

 

WELFARE

American Public Human Services Association
Joint Center for Poverty Research - Poverty and Policy Links
WelfareReform Research Project

 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

American Economic Development Council
Council of State Community Development Agencies
Council of Urban Economic Development
National Asociation of Development Organizations
National Association of State Development Agencies


LAND-USE PLANNING

American Planning Association
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
Congress for the New Urbanism
Cyburbia
Planners Web