Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

15. County home rule. (Gilbertson, The County, chapter xv.)

16. City and county consolidation. (Maxey, County Administration.)

17. New developments in county government. (James,Local Government in the United States, chapter viii.)

18. Rural local government in England. (Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xvii.)

19. Rural local government in France. (James, Local Government in the United States, chapter i.)

FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

20. The relative merits of the town, county, and mixed type of rural local government.

21. The problem of efficiency in rural local government in your state.

22. The problem of responsibility in rural local government in your state.

23. Should rural local governments in your state be allowed a greater measure of home rule?