Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

1. History of your municipality.

2. Present organization of your municipal government

3. The chief functions of your municipality.

4. Relation of your municipality to the state legislature.

5. Legislative power in your municipality.

6. The franchise-granting power in your municipality.

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7. The English borough. (Fairlie, Municipal Administration, chapter iv.)

8. Historical development of the American city. (Munro, The Government of the United States, chapter xl; Kimball, State and Municipal Government in the United States, chapter xx.)

9. Political consequences of city growth. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 433.)