Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

4. How is the town governed?

5. Why did county government develop in the rural South?

6. Outline the government of the southern county.

7. How did the mixed type of rural local government originate?

8. What two sub-types are included under the mixed type of rural local government?

9. Compare briefly these two sub-types.

10. Discuss the nature of the movement to permit home rule to counties.

REQUIRED READINGS

1. Beard, American Government and Politics, chapter xxix.

2. Guitteau, Government and Politics in the United States, chapter ii.